Rowing Across the Atlantic

Rowing Across the Atlantic 1978

5.80

Newlyweds, Adelaide and Jonathan leave New York in 1907 in a boat and row, ignorant of world events, to Europe. The years pass and many things are changing them, love is gradually degrading to hatred, then indifference. Old age is almost here, and with it, in a last swim, a last embrace, husband and wife end up “alone at last.” The boat adrift, will be discovered on the shores of Europe in the year 1957

1978

Alix's Pictures

Alix's Pictures 1982

6.60

Alix Cléo Roubaud, a photographer, describes her images to Eustache’s son Boris. An “essay in the shape of a hoax”, Eustache’s last film wittily questions the relationship between showing and telling as it gradually shifts Alix’s narration out of sync with what we see.

1982

The Mask of the Devil

The Mask of the Devil 1976

6.90

One night, an old lady flees the carnival and takes refuge in the mountains. At midnight, the devil knocks on his door and offers him a very special domino game.

1976

The Soup Tureen

The Soup Tureen 1978

1

In a series of short 'Tableaux vivants', a child puts a series of every-day objects to unusual use.

1978