Released
París-Tombuctú
September 10 1999 (over 25 years ago)Rating
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13 reviews
- Director: Luis García Berlanga
- Genre: Comedy
- Runtime: 1 h 53 m
- Country: Spain
- Companies: Freedonia Films, Anola Films, Calabuch Films
The frustration and vital weariness of Michel des Assantes, a prestigious plastic surgeon in Paris, is unbearable: he has a wife whom he does not love, a son who is foreign to him and friends whom he despises but, at the same time, he is incapable of taking his own life. One day, he buys a bike from a bizarre cyclist who was to make the Paris-Timbuktu route and sets out to make the journey: then, Timbuktu becomes for him the Promised Land.