Movie · 1996
A Saturday on Earth
Released 28 August 1996 More from 1996 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
A series of seemingly unconnected events and 50 important speaking parts make this film a jigsaw puzzle to be solved by the viewer. Martin and Claire were separated in childhood, and are brought together by a series of coincidences. A tragic car crash is central to the story, but seemingly unimportant events can hold great significance. Through a montage of different film stock and techniques director Diane Bertrand creates pieces of a puzzle, from which the viewer has to piece together a story. That's the premise of the film, and it is solvable. You just have to work a bit...
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How old were they?
Victor Garrivier
as Marcellin
Maaike Jansen
as Henriette Brejoux
Johan Leysen
as Franck
Jacques Mathou
as Garagiste
Dominique Pinon
as Le brigadier Morel
Silvie Laguna
as Agathe Morel
Pierre Aussedat
as Technicien stand de tir
Philippe Vieux
as Journaliste homme
Éric Caravaca
as Martin
Elsa Zylberstein
as Claire
Dominique Bettenfeld
as Bobby
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The numbers
37years between the oldest and youngest billed
64Victor Garrivier — oldest on the call sheet
27Elsa Zylberstein — youngest billed
41average age of the credited cast