Cast
Marguerite Duras 
Gérard Depardieu
Credits
Written by: Marguerite Duras
Cinematography: Bruno Nuytten
Editing: 
Dominique Auvray
Produced by: François Barat Pierre Barat
Plot
A woman and a man (Duras and Gérard Depardieu) read a script aloud about a woman who hitches a ride on a truck, in a minimal film of a script being performed.
Sinekatalog’s take
A stripped-down, experimental piece about storytelling.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.4 / 10 (523 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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