Pantalaskas

(1960)

★ 10 IMDb · 1 votes

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Year: 1960

Runtime: 90 мин

Country: France

Director: Paul Paviot

Cast: Carl Studer, Ana María Cassan, Бернар ЛаЖарриж, Daniel Emilfork, Жак Марен, Albert Rémy, Dominique Boschero, Marie-Hélène Dasté, Юбер Дешам, Yvette Etiévant

Plot

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.