Released:
1999-09-10

Overview:
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.

Director:
Luis García Berlanga

Runtime:
1h 53min

Genre:
Comedy

• Cast:
• 
  Michel Piccoli
  as
  Michel des Assantes
• 
  Concha Velasco
  as
  Trini
• 
  Amparo Soler Leal
  as
  Encarna
• 
  Juan Diego
  as
  Boronat
• 
  Santiago Segura
  as
  Cura