H., 35, an Arabian immigrant, works as projectionist in an old cinema. One day, drawn by the music, he looks through the window of the booth and is fascinated: the dancer he sees on the screen seems to be looking straight into his eyes. He falls in love with her, but the vision last only a moment. Shortly afterwards, an elderly man storms into the projection booth and claims he is his uncle. H. wants to prepare a meal for him and reaches for the oil bottle: he sees the same dancer on the label…. H begins to find echoes of his own life in the images he projects. Everything changes when fiction and reality merge...
Released: Dec 31, 1987
Runtime: 90 minutes
Stars: Jean-François Lapalus, Jean-Bernard Guillard, Jessica Forde, Jean-Marie Boëglin, Brigitte Coscas, François Berthet
Crew: Raúl Ruiz (Director), Jean-Luc Larguier (Executive Producer), Patrice Cologne (Cinematography), Sadegh Hedayat (Writer), Benoît Peeters (Writer), Raúl Ruiz (Writer)