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The Big Departure

This is the only feature directed by the famed French painter and sculptor Martial Raysse. In keeping with the revolutionary spirit of the time, the movie has no plot to speak of and appears to have been largely made up on the spot. We follow the cat man into a bizarre fantasy universe presented in negative exposure that reverses color values (black is white and vice versa) and written words. The cat man steals a car and then picks up a young girl he promises to take to “Heaven.” Heaven turns out to be a country chateau inhabited by several more animal mask wearing weirdoes...

Top Cast

  • Sterling Hayden

    Sterling Hayden

    M. Nature / The Leader

  • Anne Wiazemsky

    Anne Wiazemsky

    Mona Lisa

  • Gilles Raysse

    Gilles Raysse

    Caïn

  • Lucienne Hamon

    Lucienne Hamon

    Mme Nature

  • Alexandre Raysse

    Alexandre Raysse

    Innocence

  • Jackie Raynal

    Jackie Raynal

    Sterling Hayden's Wife

  • Okacha Touita

    Okacha Touita

Overview

This is the only feature directed by the famed French painter and sculptor Martial Raysse. In keeping with the revolutionary spirit of the time, the movie has no plot to speak of and appears to have been largely made up on the spot. We follow the cat man into a bizarre fantasy universe presented in negative exposure that reverses color values (black is white and vice versa) and written words. The cat man steals a car and then picks up a young girl he promises to take to “Heaven.” Heaven turns out to be a country chateau inhabited by several more animal mask wearing weirdoes...

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