Film

The Moon by Our Teeth

1967 · 1h 18m · Drama

IMDb

6.6

The film follows William, thirty-ish, out of work and looking for a new life after apparently having been thrown out of his previous one. He meets up with Noelle, who seems intrigued by his restlessness - until her economist boyfriend shows up. Yet plot details do little to convey the power of the film, which lay in its capturing the anarchic texture of William's life - a life whose lack of direction was read as a rebuke of the Swiss myth of orderliness and self-satisfaction. With his roots in documentary, Soutter excelled at creating a loose, vibrant cinema, full of quick zooms and dynamic hand-held shots, with dialogue that often alternated between outright quotations and stylized interviews.

• Michel SoutterDirector · Writer · Producer
• Anita OserProducer
• Jean ZellerDirector of Photography
• Eliane HeimoEditor

Release date

February 16, 1967

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 18m

Genres

Drama