The Moon by Our Teeth

02/16/1967

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1hr 18min

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Drama

STORY

The film follows William, thirty-ish, out of work and looking for a new life after apparently having been thrown out of his previous one. He meets up with Noelle, who seems intrigued by his restlessness - until her economist boyfriend shows up. Yet plot details do little to convey the power of the film, which lay in its capturing the anarchic texture of William's life - a life whose lack of direction was read as a rebuke of the Swiss myth of orderliness and self-satisfaction. With his roots in documentary, Soutter excelled at creating a loose, vibrant cinema, full of quick zooms and dynamic hand-held shots, with dialogue that often alternated between outright quotations and stylized interviews.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • William Wissmer
  • Noëlle Frémont
  • Michel Fidanza
  • Janet Haufler
  • Manuela Dahm

    Directors

  • Michel Soutter
  • Jean-Charles Pellaud

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

  • Switzerland

LANGUAGES

  • French