Like a Turtle on Its Back

1h 50m
DramaComedy
2.9

Unable to put a single word on paper, a youngish man with one novel to his credit finds that his life is crumbling to ruins around him because of his severe case of writer's block. He tries every remedy known to man and makes up a few new ones in this comedy. All his efforts are futile: he loses his girlfriend and his apartment and has a succession of misadventures until finally, homeless and hospitalized, he rediscovers his inspiration.

Cast

Jean-François Stévenin
Paul
Bernadette Lafont
Camille
Virginie Thévenet
Nathalie
Claude Miller
Pierre
Sandy Whitelaw
Prokosch
Valérie Quennessen
Nietzsche Student
Marion Game
Sylvie
Etienne Chicot
Jean-Louis 2
Jenny Clève
Germaine
Michel Blanc
le fêtard qui lit
Josiane Balasko
une fêtarde dans la voiture
Marie-Anne Chazel
une fêtarde dans la voiture
Christian Clavier
un fêtard dans la voiture
Bruno Moynot
Unknown
Denise Bonal
l'hôtelière

Crew

Luc Béraud
Director, Writer, Producer
Claude Miller
Writer
Joële Van Effenterre
Editor
Bruno Nuytten
Director of Photography
Hubert Niogret
Producer
Max Berto
Production Design
Antoine Duhamel
Original Music Composer
Maurice Jarre
Original Music Composer

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