The frustration and vital weariness of Michel des Assantes, a prestigious plastic surgeon in Paris, is unbearable: he has a wife whom he does not love, a son who is foreign to him and friends whom he despises but, at the same time, he is incapable of taking his own life. One day, he buys a bike from a bizarre cyclist who was to make the Paris-Timbuktu route and sets out to make the journey: then, Timbuktu becomes for him the Promised Land.
Directed by Luis García Berlanga
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Cast
Michel Piccoli
Michel des Assantes
Concha Velasco
Trini
Amparo Soler Leal
Encarna
Juan Diego
Boronat
Santiago Segura
Cura
Antonio Resines
Ciclista
Javier Gurruchaga
Gaby
Guillermo Montesinos
Planas
Enrique San Francisco
Eusebio Lázaro
Vicente
Luis Ciges
Bahamonde
Mapi Galán
La mujer de Michel des Assantes
Fedra Lorente
Benilde
Sophie Evans
Chica Nudista
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