París-Tombuctú

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.

• Release date
• September 10, 1999
• Runtime
• 113 min
• Genres
• Comedy
• Director
• Luis García Berlanga

Cast

Michel Piccoli Michel des Assantes Concha Velasco Trini Amparo Soler Leal Encarna Juan Diego Boronat Santiago Segura Cura Antonio Resines Ciclista Javier Gurruchaga Gaby Guillermo Montesinos Planas