The Big Departure
The Big Departure

The Big Departure

4.7

1 hr 11 min

1972-11-15

3

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...

Drama

Fantasy

Trailers

Characters

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

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