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Paris n'existe pas (1969)

100 min · Drama, Science fiction

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Directors

Robert Benayoun

Cast

Danièle Gaubert, Serge Gainsbourg, Richard Leduc, Denise Péronne, Henri Déus, Madeleine Damien, Monique Lejeune

After smoking a hallucinogenic substance at a party, an artist gains the ability to perceive across time and space.

The story

Simon, an artist, is invited to a party where he smokes a substance with hallucinogenic properties. Afterward, he develops extrasensory abilities that let him see across space and into both the future and the past. Back at home, he begins seeing the woman who lived in his apartment thirty years earlier. A friend tries to reassure him, attributing the strange abilities to his heightened artistic sensitivity. Simon remains unconvinced as the hallucinations become more vivid, putting his personal and professional life under threat.

Full plot (contains spoilers)

Invited to a party, Simon, an artist, smokes a substance with hallucinogenic properties. After the experience, he develops extrasensory abilities that allow him to see not only across space, but also into the future and the past. When he returns home, Simon begins seeing the woman who lived in the apartment thirty years earlier. A friend tries to reassure him: these gifts come from his heightened artistic sensitivity, nothing more. But Simon isn’t convinced, as the hallucinations grow more vivid. They threaten both his personal and professional life.

Genres

Drama, Science fiction

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