Overview

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.

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Cast

Carl Studer

Casimir Pantalaskas

Bernard Lajarrige

Clergeon

Daniel Emilfork

The baron

Jacques Marin

Tropmann

Albert Rémy

Georges Battistini

Dominique Boschero

The brunette prostitute

Marie-Hélène Dasté

The illuminated

Hubert Deschamps

Rabiniot

Yvette Etiévant

Maria Clairgeon

Max Montavon

The waiter

Patrick de Bardine

The son of the illuminated

Henri Belly