The Insomniac on the Bridge | Telescope Film
The Insomniac on the Bridge

The Insomniac on the Bridge (L'Éveillé du pont de l'Alma)

User Rating

  • France
  • 1985
  • · 73m

Director Raúl Ruiz
Cast Michael Lonsdale, Olimpia Carlisi, Jean Badin, Jean-Bernard Guillard, Melvil Poupaud

This quickly-filmed avant-garde farce by prolific director Raul Ruiz features an insomniac (Michel Lonsdale) whose main preoccupation is surreptitiously watching private matters -- he is a voyeur. He and an equally disreputable acquaintance rape a woman alongside the Seine, a crime made all the worse because she is pregnant. The rest of this slow-paced film deals with the consequences of that action.

Stream The Insomniac on the Bridge

We hate to say it, but we can't find anywhere to view this film.