The Man Who Lies
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.
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The Man Who Lies
- Overview
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Status
Released
Release Date
Mar 27, 1968
Runtime
1h 37m
Genres
Mystery, Drama, War
User Score
67%
Original Title
L'Homme qui ment
Production Companies
Štúdio hraných filmov Bratislava, Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France, Como Films
Director
Alain Robbe-Grillet
Description
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.
