The Bathroom (1989)
For no apparent reason, "the man" decides he is going to live only in the bathroom of his apartment (clothed). Perhaps he wants the isolation he might find there. His solitude destroyed by a bevy of friends, some housepainters hired by his girlfriend, and his family, our philosophical hero makes his way to a nondescript hotel room in Venice, where he spends his time playing darts in his room. When his girlfriend visits him there, he responds to this interruption of his musings by briefly using her forehead as a dartboard. Eventually he returns to his Paris apartment, and reconciles with his injured girlfriend.
Director: John Lvoff
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Tom Novembre as The Main Character |
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Gunilla Karlzen as Edmondsson |
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Héléna Noguerra as la fille dans le supermarché |
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Charlotte de Turckheim as Brigitte |
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Philippe Morier-Genoud as l'ami des parents |
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François-Régis Marchasson as le réceptionniste |
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Jean-Claude Leguay as Pierre-Étienne |
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Philippe Laudenbach as le client de l'hôtel |
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Zazie Delem as Béatrice |
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Teco Celio as le barman |
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Roland Bertin as l'ancien locataire |
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Manfred Andrae as l'ambassadeur |
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Anouk Ferjac as la mère du personnage |
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Jerzy Piwowarczyk as Kowalskazinski |
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Jiří Stanislav as Kabrowinski |
| Directing | John Lvoff | Director |
| Writing | John Lvoff | Scenario Writer |
| Writing | Jean-Philippe Toussaint | Scenario Writer |
| Sound | Jérôme Thiault | Sound |
| Art | Thérèse Ripaud | Art Direction |