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The Man Who Lies (French: L'Homme qui ment, Slovak: Muž, ktorý luže) is a 1968 French-Czechoslovak drama art film directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet. It was entered into the 18th Berlin International Film Festival, where Jean-Louis Trintignant won the Silver Bear for Best Actor award.
The Man Who Lies: Directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet. With Jean-Louis Trintignant, Sylvie Bréal, Zuzana Kocúriková, Dominique Prado. On the run from pursuing soldiers, a man hides in a small European town.
- (959)
- Drama, War
- Alain Robbe-Grillet
- 1968-03-27
Aug 29, 2022 · Drawing attention to the sleights of film grammar and performance with arch irony, The Man Who Lies is a narrative labyrinth that’s a pleasure to get lost in. Written & Directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet
Alain Robbe-Grillet’s The Man Who Lies examines the authentic possibility of recounting a story—and by extension, a history—and the ethical ambivalences that underlie the act of narration.
A man may or may not have betrayed a resistance fighter during World War II. He has supposedly been shot down by the Nazis and wanders into town. Mourning the death of an unseen comrade, he is taken in by the family of the dead rebel.
Mourning the death of an unseen comrade, he is taken in by the family of the dead rebel. He engages in a superfluous affair and witnesses the lesbian relationship between the man's sister and a female servant. When passions subside, the family has doubts about the reliability of the man's story.
Mourning the death of an unseen comrade, he is taken in by the family of the dead rebel. He engages in a superfluous affair and witnesses the lesbian relationship between the man's sister and a female servant. When passions subside, the family has doubts about the reliability of the man's stories.
