The Lorry
In this most talky and personal of films, director Marguerite Duras and actor Gerard Depardieu do an on-camera read-through of a movie script. Occasionally, the director comments about the characters or their motivations, and sometimes the actor does. That's all -- there is no action, there are no location shots, no one pretends to be anything else. The script itself tells about an encounter between a blank-slate of a woman hitchhiker, and a communist truck driver. As the reading progresses, Duras comments bitterly about the failed ideals of communism and the glorious revolution that will probably never happen.
Drama
Romance
6.2
21 reviewsRuntime: 76 min.
Budget: N/A
Revenue: N/A
Release Date: 1977-05-27
Director(s): Marguerite Duras
Production: Auditel, Cinéma 9
Languages: French
IMDB: tt0075799
