

The Big Departure
Overview
This is the only feature directed by the famed French painter and sculptor Martial Raysse. In keeping with the revolutionary spirit of the time, the movie has no plot to speak of and appears to have been largely made up on the spot. We follow the cat man into a bizarre fantasy universe presented in negative exposure that reverses color values (black is white and vice versa) and written words. The cat man steals a car and then picks up a young girl he promises to take to “Heaven.” Heaven turns out to be a country chateau inhabited by several more animal mask wearing weirdoes...
Movie Details
Languages
French
Studio
Sunchild Productions
Key Crew

Martial Raysse
Director

Martial Raysse
Writer
Cast

Sterling Hayden
M. Nature / The Leader

Anne Wiazemsky
Mona Lisa
Gilles Raysse
Caïn

Lucienne Hamon
Mme Nature
Alexandre Raysse
Innocence

Jackie Raynal
Sterling Hayden's Wife

Okacha Touita












