The film follows William, thirty-ish, out of work and looking for a new life after apparently having been thrown out of his previous one. He meets up with Noelle, who seems intrigued by his restlessness - until her economist boyfriend shows up. Yet plot details do little to convey the power of the film, which lay in its capturing the anarchic texture of William's life - a life whose lack of direction was read as a rebuke of the Swiss myth of orderliness and self-satisfaction. With his roots in documentary, Soutter excelled at creating a loose, vibrant cinema, full of quick zooms and dynamic hand-held shots, with dialogue that often alternated between outright quotations and stylized interviews.
Directing | Michel Soutter | Director |
Camera | Jean Zeller | Director of Photography |
Writing | Michel Soutter | Writer |
Production | Anita Oser | Producer |
Production | Michel Soutter | Producer |
Sound | Jacques Olivier | Music |
Editing | Eliane Heimo | Editor |
Directing | Jean-Charles Pellaud | Assistant Director |