Pantalaskas

Comedy · 1960

An off-beat, uneven tale about a man intent on suicide and the three people who try to talk him out of it, Pantalaskas stars American Carl Studer in the title role of the morose, would-be suicide. Set in Paris and taking place over an entire night, the story has a complication in that the trio who want to prevent the suicide do not speak the man's language -- he is Lithuanian and speaks no French. So the protagonists comb the underbelly of a nighttime Paris, looking high and low but mostly low for anyone who speaks Lithuanian. Depending mainly on dialogue for its impact, the verbose drama reveals how the protagonists undergo a transformation as the night wears on.

Starring

Carl Studer, Alain Térouanne, Ana María Cassan, Jean Wiener, Marc Fossard, Bernard Lajarrige, Paul Paviot, Daniel Emilfork, Paul Paviot, Jacques Marin

Director

Paul Paviot