A man who hates the sea inherits a telescope—guess what happens next?
When his uncle Paul died, Lucien Berlemont inherited a telescope and a sextant, which only aggravated his aversion to the high seas. At the age of 20, he began taking clandestine navigation courses. During his vacations in St-Lunac, even Mr. Dumesnil's daughters struggled to distract him from his marine reveries. But one evening, he inadvertently finds himself locked up with Marie-Angeline; the consequences of this prolonged evening force him to make a decision and commit himself, for better or for worse, to one of the Dumesnil girls.
Acting
Philippe Noiret's pre-iconic, wonderfully awkward youth.
Cinematography
Brittany coast captured in moody black-and-white poetry.
Director
André Michel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
André Michel was primarily a documentary filmmaker; this rare fiction feature retains that observational, almost anthropological gaze.
Released during the peak of the French New Wave, this traditional literary adaptation was utterly overshadowed—now a fascinating 'what-if' of path not taken.
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