Litan

Feb 24, 1982

1h 28m

★ 5.9

Overview

Married couple Jock & Nora are visiting the town of Litan during Litan's Day, with its carnivalesque atmosphere. When Nora wakes that morning from dreaming the bizarre death of her husband, she sets out across town to find him and warn him. But as she does, she encounters stranger and stranger people and events erupting into a frenzy in front of her. Now, she and Jock must elude all of the impediments in their way of reaching safety on the outskirts of town.

Genres

Horror

Mystery

Fantasy

Production Companies

M. Films

Films A2

Litan Trailers

Cast

Nora

Marie-José Nat

Jock

Jean-Pierre Mocky

Le docteur Steve Julien

Nino Ferrer

Estelle Servais (as Marysa Mocky)

Marisa Muxen

Cornell

Bill Dunn

Bohr

Georges Wod

Le chef des fous

Dominique Zardi

Mile Bohr (as Sophie Edelmann)

Sophie Edelman

Eric Bohr

Terence Montagne

Le commissaire Bolek

Roger Lumont

Madame Mirral

Micha Bayard

Le policier

Patrick Granier

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