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.
Directing | Paul Paviot | Director |
Writing | René Masson | Novel |
Editing | Francine Grubert | Editor |
Writing | Paul Paviot | Writer |
Art | Sydney Bettex | Production Design |
Sound | Jean Wiener | Original Music Composer |
Camera | Marc Fossard | Director of Photography |
Production | Alain Térouanne | Associate Producer |
Production | René Thévenet | Producer |
Production | Joël Lifschutz | Associate Producer |
Production | Madeleine Rodriguez Casanova | Associate Producer |