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The Moon by Our Teeth

78% | Feb 16, 1967 | Drama

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.

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Michel Soutter
Director
Michel Soutter
Writer

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William Wissmer
William Tudor
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Noëlle Frémont
Noëlle Laurencin
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Janet Haufler
La comédienne
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Manuela Dahm
La chanteuse US

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