The Man Who Lies (1968)

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Released:
1968-03-27

Overview:
A man may or may not have betrayed a resistance fighter during World War II. He has supposedly been shot down by the Nazis and wanders into town. Mourning the death of an unseen comrade, he is taken in by the family of the dead rebel. He engages in a superfluous affair and witnesses the lesbian relationship between the man's sister and a female servant. When passions subside, the family has doubts about the reliability of the man's story.

Director:
Alain Robbe-Grillet

Runtime:
1h 37min

Genre:
Mystery, Drama, War

  • Cast:
  • Jean-Louis Trintignant
    as
    Jan Robin / Boris Varissa
  • Sylvie Bréal
    as
    Maria
  • Zuzana Kocúriková
    as
    Laura
  • Dominique Prado
    as
    Lisa the Barmaid
  • Catherine Robbe-Grillet
    as
    Druggist