Le réveil

1996
7m

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It's 6:20 a.m. The camera pans a slew of alarm clocks that start to ring simultaneously, all set to awaken a solitary middle-aged man. The alarms are elaborate: in addition to traditional cl... Read allIt's 6:20 a.m. The camera pans a slew of alarm clocks that start to ring simultaneously, all set to awaken a solitary middle-aged man. The alarms are elaborate: in addition to traditional clocks, horns blow, bright lights flash, and a pot even blows smoke at the sleeper. After se... Read allIt's 6:20 a.m. The camera pans a slew of alarm clocks that start to ring simultaneously, all set to awaken a solitary middle-aged man. The alarms are elaborate: in addition to traditional clocks, horns blow, bright lights flash, and a pot even blows smoke at the sleeper. After several minutes, the bed itself finally bounces him to his feet and he begins to make his wa... Read all

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Jean-Claude Dreyfus

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- Marc-Henri Wajnberg
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- Marc-Henri Wajnberg
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10hotfrederick

hahaha ... I have been trying to locate this forever

Incredibly funny. Perfect timing. I saw it in Karlovy Vary Film Festival, Czech Republic, in 1996 or 1997.

I still remember the sequence of events. I have been addicted to coffee ever since this film.

I'd love a copy of this film.

Incredible.

How the hell did they rig the house like that? Not CGI? Amazing!

I wonder what the producers and directors are doing now?

Brilliant, exceptional, superb work.

PS: If the makers see this. I'd love them to contact me. There should be a reshowing of it somewhere in the world. Australia!

10patrickhancock1

Where is it?!?

I first saw this circa 2001 on television of all places and HAVE NOT seen it since. It was aired on a Sci-Fi Channel show the name of which I cannot remember. The show itself was quite entertaining as it was based around airing short clips of a 'strange' nature, many of which were first shown at foreign film festivals.

Please, PLEASE! If anyone knows where to find this wonderful, wonderful piece of art on the internet, or how to find a physical copy, your assistance would be GREATLY APPRECIATED! Thank you so much, and if you haven't gotten to see this film, do as I am and try your damndest to find it!

10neilstrudwick

Unbelievable

I'm not sure why this movie is so hard to find and has taken so long to be released. I laughed hysterically. Thankyou to the person who found it on the French google! I saw this on a public channel 3 years ago in California and have been obsessing about it ever since.

If the maker of the movie reads this. Please! Please make it available for purchase on DVD. Please!

The concept is simple but the execution is flawless. Its the kind of movie that we don't see enough of. This kind of movie does not need computer graphic trickery, it just works so well.

Intelligently executed, brilliant in its simplicity.

10swoonedd

Brilliant!!!

It's been 20 years, and I still remember this incredible short film. I saw it at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival (their first one, I think) in the Czech Republic.

5 min of pure bliss. Exceptionally produced, shot, created. I love this film. Unforgettable!

Jean-Claude Dreyfus' execution is astonishing to watch! I wonder what the director has done since? Well done! Thanks for the memory!

xxxx xxx xx x

10jaycbird

Let me see it again!!

I first saw this wonderful little short at the SF Int'l. Film Festival in 1997. It's BRILLIANTLY staged! The Rube Goldberg Device from HELL! Though some purists might find it too "stagey," it's climax could only happen on film! And it is the nearly miraculous timing of this climax which left me gasping over the previous 6 minutes!

I hope to get to see this again sometime, somewhere! Thank you Wajnberg!! Jay