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París-Tombuctú

París-Tombuctú

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 10, 1999

Runtime

1h 53m

Genres

Comedy

User Score

57%

Original Title

París-Tombuctú

Production Companies

Freedonia Films, Anola Films, Calabuch Films

Director

Luis García Berlanga

Description

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.