Un tour de manège

Un Tour de Manège

Film poster
Directed by Pierre Pradinas
Produced by Robert Guédiguian
Albert Prévost
Written by Pierre Pradinas
Alain Gautré
Starring Juliette Binoche
François Cluzet
Denis Lavant
Michel Aumont
Music by Albert Marcoeur
Cinematography Jean-Pierre Sauvaire
Edited by Chantal Delatre
Distributed by Gaumont
Release dates
  • 29 March 1989 (1989-03-29)
Running time
90 minutes
Country France
Language French

Un Tour de Manège (French pronunciation: [œ̃ tuʁ də manɛʒ]; a.k.a. Roundabout (UK), Once Around the Park (US)) is a 1989 French film starring Juliette Binoche, François Cluzet, Denis Lavant and Michel Aumont. It is the first and to date only film directed by the acclaimed French theatre director Pierre Pradinas. The film was shot on location in Paris in the summer of 1988.

Plot

Al (Francois Cluzet) and Elsa (Juliette Binoche) have been a couple for some time, but the chances that their relationship will be long-lived are few. For one thing, Al is appallingly dependent on Elsa for his every emotional need. For another, Elsa is an incredibly elusive person, extremely difficult to pin down about anything—especially whatever is bothering her. How they have managed to survive this long is a cause for wonder. When Al gets an opportunity to be cast in a movie role, complete with no-cost occupancy in the casting agent's ugly but fashionable apartment, he jumps at the chance to provide a little material satisfaction for his beloved Elsa. But what exactly does she want?

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