Parking (1985 film)
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| Directed by | Jacques Demy |
| Written by | Jacques Demy Laurent Dussaux |
| Produced by | Dominique Vignet |
| Starring | Francis Huster Laurent Malet Jean Marais |
| Cinematography | Jean-François Robin |
| Edited by | Marie-Josée Audiard |
| Music by | Michel Legrand |
| Distributed by | France 3 Cinéma, Garance |
Release date | 29 May 1985 (France) |
Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | 142,035 admissions (France)[1] |
Parking is a French fantasy and musical film from 1985. It was directed and written by Jacques Demy, starring Francis Huster, Laurent Malet, and Jean Marais.[2]
Synopsis
The Orpheus myth repeats itself in the 20th century, paying tribute to Jean Cocteau's film classic Orphée (1950) by having the actor who played Orpheus appear as Hades.
Orpheus is a famous pop singer who composes love songs for Eurydice, a sculptress who also designs his album covers. During one of his concerts, an electrical malfunction briefly kills him, sending him to the Underworld, represented by a metro station and parking garage. Orpheus meets Charon, Hades, and Persephone, who agrees to send him back to Earth as long as he doesn't reveal what he sees. Meanwhile, Eurydice trades Orpheus concert tickets in exchange for drugs.
As Orpheus wrestles with his additional love for Calaïs, his sound engineer, Orpheus finds that Eurydice has died of a drug overdose. Persephone takes him to a cemetery to descend to the Underworld and ask for Eurydice back, while Hades imposes the condition that he not turn around until they've both reached the exit. Eurydice stops for a break and they make love at one of Hades' motels, but a speeding car makes Orpheus turn around too soon, and he loses Eurydice. At his final showstopping performance, dedicated to Eurydice, he is murdered by angry fans who were denied free concert tickets. Orpheus reunites with his love in death.
Cast
- Francis Huster as Orpheus
- Laurent Malet as Calaïs
- Keiko Itô as Eurydice
- Gérard Klein as Aristée
- Marie-France Pisier as Claude Perséphone
- Jean Marais as Hades
- Hugues Quester as Caron
- Éva Darlan as Dominique Daniel
- Annick Alane as Luciennne
- Marion Game as the costumer
- Jean Amos as Clément
References
- ^ "Box Office Figures for Jean Marais films". Box Office Story.
- ^ "Parking". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
External links
- Parking at IMDb
- Parking at the TCM Movie Database
- Parking at AllMovie
- Parking (1985) at Films de France
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