Jeu de massacre (1967)
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Cast
Jean-Pierre Cassel, Claudine Auger, Michel Duchaussoy, Eléonore Hirt, Guy Saint-Jean, Anna Gaylor, Nancy Holloway
A compulsive liar invites a comic-book author and his wife into a meeting that blurs the line between fiction and life.
The story
Bob Neuman, a young Swiss man and compulsive liar, invites Pierre Meyrand, a comic-book author whose work he admires, and Pierre’s wife, Jacqueline, to his home. During their meeting, Pierre uses Bob as inspiration for a new character, imagining a figure based entirely on his host. Bob, meanwhile, begins to follow the plot of Pierre’s comic book in his own life, turning the author’s fictional creation into a pattern for his actions.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Bob Neuman, a young Swiss man who is a compulsive liar, invites a comic-book author whose work he admires, Pierre Meyrand, and Pierre’s wife, Jacqueline, to his home. The artist uses the meeting to imagine a new character based entirely on his host, but the latter follows the plot of his guest’s comic book in his own life.
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