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Pantalaskas

1960 1 hour 30 minutes
70/100

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An off-beat, uneven tale about a man intent on suicide and the three people who try to talk him out of it, Pantalaskas stars American Carl Studer in the title role of the morose, would-be suicide. Set in Paris and taking place over an entire night, the story has a complication in that the trio who want to prevent the suicide do not speak the man's language -- he is Lithuanian and speaks no French. So the protagonists comb the underbelly of a nighttime Paris, looking high and low but mostly low for anyone who speaks Lithuanian. Depending mainly on dialogue for its impact, the verbose drama reveals how the protagonists undergo a transformation as the night wears on.

Released

8th February 1960

66 years ago

Runtime

1 hour 30 minutes

Finishes at 12:51pm

Ratings and awards

  • IMDB Logo

    7/10

  • FilmFlow Logo

    70%

Directed by

Paul Paviot

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Written by

Paul Paviot

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