Life Upside Down (1964)
A Paris real estate developer feels compelled to withdraw from his seemingly perfect life into a world of his own. Is the man going insane? By conventional standards, maybe, but it's clear that the life he's fleeing is madder still from his point of view, and since that point of view is unfailingly witty and astute, we even come to accept his delusions as more "real" than reality.
Director: Alain Jessua
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Charles Denner as Jacques Valin |
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Anna Gaylor as Viviane |
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Guy Saint-Jean as Fernand |
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Nicole Gueden as Nicole |
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Yvonne Clech as Madame Kerbel |
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Jean Yanne as Monsieur Kerbel |
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Robert Bousquet as Paul |
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Nane Germon as La mère |
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André Thorent as Le docteur |
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Bernard Sury as L'inspecteur |
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Françoise Moncey as L'acrobate |
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Gilbert Meunier as Le gardien |
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Jenny Orléans as La concierge |
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Jacqueline Perez as La baigneuse |
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Jean Dewever as Le maire |
| Camera | Jacques Robin | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Nicole Marko | Editor |
| Art | Olivier Girard | Art Direction |
| Production | Michel Peynet | Producer |
| Directing | Alain Jessua | Director |
| Sound | Jacques Loussier | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Alain Jessua | Writer |
| Camera | Bernard Sury | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Olivier Girard | Production Design |
| Directing | Christian de Chalonge | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Jean-Marie Maillols | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Colette Crochot | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Louis Libérial | Unit Manager |
| Production | Ginette Doynel | Production Manager |
| Camera | Jean Klissak | Still Photographer |