The Lorry (Le Camion) 47 years old

In this most talky and personal of films, director Marguerite Duras and actor Gerard Depardieu do an on-camera read-through of a movie script. Occasionally, the director comments about the characters or their motivations, and sometimes the actor does. That's all -- there is no action, there are no location shots, no one pretends to be anything else. The script itself tells about an encounter between a blank-slate of a woman hitchhiker, and a communist truck driver. As the reading progresses, Duras comments bitterly about the failed ideals of communism and the glorious revolution that will probably never happen.

Credits

The Lorry Cast

Name	Character
Gérard Depardieu He was 28, now 75 years old	as lui
Marguerite Duras She was 63, 81 years old when she died

The Lorry Crew

Name	Department
Dominique Auvray as Editor. She was 27 (now 74) years old	Editing
Isabelle Adjani as Script Supervisor. She was 21 (now 69) years old	Directing
Marguerite Duras as Director. She was 63 (81) years old when She died	Directing
Marguerite Duras as Writer. She was 63 (81) years old when She died	Writing
Jean-David Lefebvre as Assistant Director.	Directing