01 January 1957 Comedy 17 mins
Ruby Alcow becomes assistant manager of a factory, twenty years after failing his baccalaureate five times, engaging in absurdist shenanigans with his coworkers. Pialat's early short film made for Olivetti's end-of-year party, where the filmmaker was then a sales representative; an homage to silent era slapstick comedy.
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Maurice Pialat as Ruby Alcow
Maurice Pialat Director
France 01 January 1957
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Troisième court métrage de Maurice Pialat sur un mode burlesque sonore mais non parlant. Avec Pialat lui même.
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