Le Bruit des glaçons
Bertrand Blier
Charles Faulque, a famous writer, who is an alcoholic and desperately lonely, shares his massive house with only his discrete servant Louisa for company.One day he is visited by a very unpleasant man who tells him he is his cancer. He tries to get rid of him by all means possible, but ends up by accepting his presence.
With : Jean Dujardin, Albert Dupontel, Anne Alvaro, Myriam Boyer, Christa Theret, Audrey Dana
Screenplay : Bertrand Blier
Image : François Catonné
Editing : Marion Monestier
Music : Valérie Lindon
Screenplay : Bertrand Blier
Image : François Catonné
Editing : Marion Monestier
Music : Valérie Lindon
Production : Thelma Films et Manchester
Distribution: Wild Bunch
Distribution: Wild Bunch
For his last film to date, Bertrand Blier comes back to a theme which he has explored several times already: death. Whether it is personified, like in Les Côtelettes (Catherine Hiegel), or in Buffet froid (Carole Bouquet), it lacks credibility. Keeping his taste for provocation and dark humour, he nuances his discourse with a feeling of gentleness: "Le Bruit des glaçons (The Clink of Ice Cubes) is my most uncluttered film. That is probably due to my age. To maturity. And more than the story of cancer, it was for the love scenes between Anne Alvaro and Jean Dujardinthat I made the film... When you have an incurable brain tumour, the full accomplishment of life is by definition in the arms of a woman. You look for the one who will close your eyes and she is not always the woman you thought it would be"(Bertrand Blier).