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The Departure (1967 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Departure''Note'. The English title is a mistranslation. Correctly, it should be 'The Start', referring both to the start of the rally and the start of the relationship between Marc and Michle. is a 1967 Belgian comedy film directed by Jerzy Skolimowski. It stars Jean-Pierre Laud as a car-obsessed young man trying to get possession of a Porsche for a race. The film won the Golden Bear at the 17th Berlin International Film Festival. The film was also selected as the Belgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 40th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Plot
Marc is a young hairdresser in Brussels who is crazy about cars. Hoping his boss will lend him his Porsche 911S, he has entered for a rally. However, his boss says he is using the car that weekend. After failing to con a dealer into a loan, he decides to sell everything he has. In the process he meets an attractive girl called Michle, who supports his plan, and the two end up shut inside the Brussels Motor Show for the night.
His next idea is to approach a client of the salon, a rich older woman who has a Porsche, and try to charm it from her. Finding her at a catwalk show of bikinis, she takes him into her car and fellates him. Abandoning that line of attack, he learns that he cannot rent a car because he is too young and then he fails to steal one in the street. When telling Michle that all avenues seem closed, his boss returns and says he can have the Porsche for the weekend after all.
At the hotel by the starting line, he finds they can only afford one room, so he disguises himself as a girl and goes up with Michle. They talk late and fall asleep on the bed. In the morning, cars are revving up for the start but the two have overslept. Emerging from the bathroom, Marc pulls the bedding off Michle to find that she is naked and waiting for him. The film ends at that moment, leaving viewers to assume that Marc is going to find a relationship with Michle more rewarding than rallying.
Cast
* Jean-Pierre Laud - Marc
* Catherine-Isabelle Duport - Michle (as Catherine Duport)
* Jacqueline Bir - The Woman
* Paul Roland - The Boss
* Leon Dony
* Lucien Charbonnier
* Georges Aubrey
* John Dobrynine
* Bernard Graczyk
* Marthe Dugard
* Maxane
* Jacques Courtois
* Paul Frre - Paul Frre
* Paul Delrivire
See also
* List of submissions to the 40th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of Belgian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
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