Rating: NR
Genre: Thriller
Release Date: 08/24/1999
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: French
Sound: 1
Run Time: 144 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: Fox Lorber

After spending some time with his diplomat father in Germany, a young French medical student returns by train to Paris to resume his studies. He is puzzled by the harsh treatment he receives from customs at the border but doesn't begin to understand why until he gets home and discovers a mummified head in his luggage. He suspects that someone at customs put it there, but is not sure. Instead of reporting the meandering body part, he decides to investigate it using the tools he has as a medical student. It appears to be the head of a Russian who died somewhere in Asia.

~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Emmanuel Salinger - Mathias Barillet
Thibault de Montalembert - Jean-Jacques
Jean-Louis Richard - Bleicher
Marianne Denicourt - Marie Barillet
Jean-Luc Boutte - Varins
Bruno Todeschini - William
Philippe Duclos -
Fabrice Desplechin -
Emmanuelle Devos - Claude
Philippe Laudenbach - Catholic priest

Production:
Arnaud Desplechin - Director
François Gedigier - Editor
Arnaud Desplechin Pascale Ferran Noemie Lvovsky Emmanuel Salinger - Screen Writer
Caroline Champetier - Cinematographer
Valerie Pozzo di Borgo - Costume Designer
Antoine Platteau - Production Designer
Laurent Poirier - Sound/Sound Designer

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