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The Departure(Movie, 1967)

Original title: "Le départ" (French/FR)
1h 25min | Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love, Crime
The DepartureRating: 3.2/5 (with 1313 votes)
The Departure (French: Le Départ) is a 1967 Belgian comedy film directed by Jerzy Skolimowski. It stars Jean-Pierre Léaud as a car-obsessed young man trying to get possession of a Porsche for a race. The film won the Golden Bear at the 17th Berlin International Film Festival. The film was also selected as the Belgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 40th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. ()
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About The Departure

A young Belgian car nut and hairdresser's apprentice attempts to get a Porsche by all means for his nearing debut race and meets a girl in the same time.

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Additional Information

Production country: Belgium
Original language: French (FR)
Spoken languages: French (FR)
Translated into 10 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 03/06/1967
Director of Photography: Willy Kurant
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Le Départ"
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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Other movies with this title: The Departure (GB, 2014), The Departure (GB/US, 2017), The Departure (FR/MA, 2020), The Departure (US, 2020), The Departure (2023)

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