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  • The Truck (1977)
  • 76 min | Drama, Romance
The Truck (1977)
76 min | Drama, Romance
In this most talky and personal of films, director Marguerite Duras and actor Gerard Depardieu do an on-camera read-through of a movie script. Occasionally, the director comments about the characters or their motivations, and sometimes the...See moreIn this most talky and personal of films, director Marguerite Duras and actor Gerard Depardieu do an on-camera read-through of a movie script. Occasionally, the director comments about the characters or their motivations, and sometimes the actor does. That's all -- there is no action, there are no location shots, no one pretends to be anything else. The script itself tells about an encounter between a blank-slate of a woman hitchhiker, and a communist truck driver. As the reading progresses, Duras comments bitterly about the failed ideals of communism and the glorious revolution that will probably never happen. See less
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Director
Marguerite Duras
Cinematographer
Bruno Nuytten
Editor
Dominique Auvray
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Updated May 6, 1977
Release date
Sep 27, 1977 (United States)
Awards
1 nomination

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