A Saturday on Earth
1996 · 95 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 90 VOTES · DIR. Diane Bertrand
Overview
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...
Dialogue Timeline — 949 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:49 Quick! A car... there's blood.
00:05:06 Tintin and Captain Haddock
00:08:14 What else do you want me to say?
00:13:21 On that Saturday? Hang on...
00:17:00 And if that wasn't enough, he just lost his new job.
00:20:17 What first car?
00:23:34 The girl in the mirror is Henriette Cadet before she met Leon Brejoux.
00:27:06 Claire's father died tragically
00:30:36 and kind of alternates your mind.
00:33:39 The bullet?
00:36:56 A satellite dish? Lt'll just attract lightning.
00:39:16 how's she taking all this?
00:41:51 Why am I like this?
00:45:03 You're lucky he didn't press charges.
00:50:20 Don't take it out on your father.
00:54:04 I'll go tomorrow after I see the gynecologist.
00:57:54 I feel like I'll never know who she really is.
01:02:01 I can't help it either.
01:05:12 I was at the hospital that Saturday.
01:09:46 Um... I don't know, I'm having lunch with my husband.
01:14:00 Ice-cold water firms the flesh
01:16:07 I knew something was going to happen.
01:18:04 Don't you swear at the table.
01:21:14 Please.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed949
Dialogue density10.0 lines / min
First line00:00:49
Final line01:21:14
Production Record
DirectorDiane Bertrand
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes90