1995
France - Belgium
90min - 35mm - 1.85 - Color - Comedy
Original language: French
Cast
Yves Robert
Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu
Credits
Director: Dominique Guerrier
Screenplay: Dominique Guerrier, Jean-Louis Benoit
Production companies: Les Productions Dussart (France), Man's Films (Belgium)
SCENT OF DECEIT
NEZ AU VENT, LE
a film by :Dominique Guerrier
70-year-old Raphaël has committed suicide. Nevertheless, after a while in the hereafter, he must admit: the hereafter does not want him and there he is, lying on the bed, watched over like a dead man, except he is well alive. A deceased who wakes up, it’s nonsense. « Who are we making fun of ? » thinks the medical profession. « Your father’s brain is completely mashed but he still lives… and moreover he is as fit as a fiddle ».In which world does he live? He meant to leave and reach the hereafter, instead of which, his past will pull him by his feet and carry him to live a strange trip : he finds himself back on a mob with his son Pierre, that he hadn’t seen for 30 years, on the borders of dream and reality, finding his way from present to past and vice versa, carried away against his will to encounter his past existence.
Raphael âgé de 70 ans se suicide. Il se retrouve de l'autre côté du miroir et de la vie, dans le domaine des morts. Il y rencontre sa femme décédée il y a 30 ans, aprés leur séparation. Mais il n'y est pas accepté car il s'est suicidé. A la surprise de tout le monde, Raphaël se réveille sur son lit d'hôpital. Il décide de profiter de sa vie retrouvée. Mais son fils Pierre, chassé par sa femme, s'installe chez lui. Il le questionne, veut connaître le passé de ses parents. Les souvenirs, les disputes, les griefs, les mensonges resurgissent. Raphaël se réconcillie avec sa femmme et ils partent vers l'éternité, Pierre retrouve le bonheur avec sa femme et son fils.