简介：Fabulousdreamlikemovie. Thedramaofin-communicabilityasneverbefore,andneverafter.Acouple,MontandandAimée,feelsthattheirloveisbecomingathingofthepast.Heisalinguisticsprofessor,hereignsoverwordsandculture;shedoesnotunderstandthelanguagetheyspeakinthispartofBelgium.Onenight,bothtakeatrain;suddenlyitstops.Anne(Aimée)hasdisappeared,andMatthias(Montand)getsoutofthetrain.Withtwounknownguys,heseesthetrainsilentlyandslowlymoving,likeinadream.Thedreamhasbegun. Matthiasandhistwomatesareleftaloneinthecountry.Theyarriveinasmallvillagewhere,thatcrownsit,theuniversityprofessorcannotunderstandasingleworldoftheinhabitants'language.Averystrangesceneshowsthethreemencomingintoatinymovietheater.Onthescreen,anodd,almostworryingfilmisprojected:aparachutistfloatingintheair,sometimesshotinclose-up,withanalmostunbearablesoundtrack.Theaudienceseemstoliveinanotherworld.NotonlyMatthiasdoesnotunderstandthelanguage,buthedoesnotunderstandtheirentertainmenteither.Thentheygotoarestaurant,thestaffofwhichseemstowaitforthem.Maybe.. Whenhereturnstoreality,MatthiaswillfindouthowselfishhehasbeenwithAnne.Butit'samovieyoucaninterpretinaccordancewithyoursensitivity.Neveradirectorhasgonesofarinintertwiningdreamwithreality.TheincommunicabilityofMatthiasandthestrangepeopleofhisdreamisametaphorofthatofthetwolovers.But,becauseoftheharrowingconclusion,whichleavestheaudiencetotallyhopeless,perhapsthisdreamwasanescape,orawaytodelaywhatwasineluctable.AndréDelvauxgaveusthebestEuropeanmovieof1968.…