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The Departure

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A young Belgian car nut and his girlfriend will stop at nothing to procure a Porsche for his upcoming debut race.

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Serge Daney Cahiers du Cinéma 10/04/2023
Skolimowski has concealed the threads of his story even more deftly in The Departure than in his previous films . And so he proves that he can succeed at almost anything: for example, a commercial film. Go to Full Review Penelope Houston The Spectator 07/05/2018
Much of this is spikily funny: the hero all sharp elbows and monomania, the filming (camerawork by Willy Kurant) as coolly rackety as Komeda's score. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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12/06/2015 A rather obnoxious performance from Leaud doesn't help this aimless French farce. See more 09/19/2011 This must've been great back in the 60's, but now it's just unfortunately quite outdated and just plain weird. See more Read all reviews
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Jerzy Skolimowski

Director

Jean-Pierre Léaud

Marc

Jacqueline Bir

la cliente du salon de coiffure

Paul Roland

le patron

Léon Dony

le vendeur de voitures

John Dobrynine

l'ami de Marc
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Movie Info

Synopsis A young Belgian car nut and his girlfriend will stop at nothing to procure a Porsche for his upcoming debut race.
Director
Jerzy Skolimowski
Producer
Bronka Ricquier
Screenwriter
Jerzy Skolimowski, Andrzej Kostenko
Genre
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Original Language
Canadian French
Release Date (Streaming)
May 22, 2017
Runtime
1h 39m