38th edition
17-25 january 2026
France
1962 Fiction 16 min
Claude, single, and Hubert, older and separated from his wife, spend their evenings together eating, playing pool and debating life. Claude is in love with Janine, a prostitute, who he visits before meeting Hubert.
With : Hubert Deschamps, Claude Berri, Evelyne Kerr, Mouflette
Screenplay : Claude Berri
Image : Jean-Marc Ripert
Sound : Bernard Meusnier
Music : René Utreger
Editing : Geneviève Bastid
Production : France Opéra Films
"These two pitiful heroes find themselves seemingly stuck out of reach of ordinary happiness. Their world is the sidewalk, the street, the bars and greasy restaurants where they feed, for lack of love, a chronic hunger. These are places of transit - as much places where one only passes through as places where one passes time, where time lasts until you can't bear it anymore." (J. Magny)