The Moon by Our Teeth

Release Date: 1967-02-16

Overview: The film follows William, thirty-ish, out of work and looking for a new life after apparently having been thrown out of his previous one. He meets up with Noelle, who seems intrigued by his restlessness - until her economist boyfriend shows up. Yet plot details do little to convey the power of the film, which lay in its capturing the anarchic texture of William's life - a life whose lack of direction was read as a rebuke of the Swiss myth of orderliness and self-satisfaction. With his roots in documentary, Soutter excelled at creating a loose, vibrant cinema, full of quick zooms and dynamic hand-held shots, with dialogue that often alternated between outright quotations and stylized interviews.

Rating: 7.8 / 10

Cast

William Wissmer

as William Tudor

Noëlle Frémont

as Noëlle Laurencin

Michel Fidanza

as Vogel

Janet Haufler

as La comédienne

Manuela Dahm

as La chanteuse US