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The Man Who Lies (1968) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1968 · 97 mins · French
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- Directed by
- Alain Robbe-Grillet
- Starring
- Jean-Louis Trintignant, Catherine Robbe-Grillet, Zuzana Kocúriková, Jozef Kroner, Dušan Blaškovič, Július Vašek
A mysterious stranger arrives in a war‑torn village, claiming he was shot down by the Nazis after possibly betraying a resistance fighter in World II. The grieving family of the dead rebel takes him in, while he embarks on a frivolous affair and observes a secret lesbian relationship between the rebel’s sister and a servant. As tempers cool, the family begins to question the truth of his story.
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