The Invention of Morel
1967 · 95 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 91 VOTES · DIR. Claude-Jean Bonnardot
Overview
Escaped from jail, Luis finds refuge on a remote island where, it is said, several people have died long ago of a mysterious illness. He discovers a large abandoned villa. One day, a group of people from another time, come in. The villa and the nature around become the theater of strange phenomena…
Dialogue Timeline — 1,112 lines
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00:00:30 I arrived yesterday on this island.
00:03:15 "...anchored off the island, were all skinned, bald, without fingernails..."
00:06:49 This Morel, of whom the letter speaks, maybe.
00:15:12 Do they want to stop me from drinking?
00:18:40 Come on. Let's get back.
00:22:36 Answer me!
00:26:51 I scoured the museum, calling after Faustine
00:32:05 - Do you know the virtues of this star?
00:37:16 You see?
00:40:26 There's something I have to say.
00:43:04 that if we were not obliged to use the best of our time
00:45:31 After endless experiments, and fruitless attempts
00:48:03 It's unprecedented!
00:50:34 If the baron saw that, he'd go crazy with excitement.
00:56:40 Understand from reading these papers
01:00:35 They have left.
01:05:00 - Of course. But for the moment I'm here.
01:09:18 You're not afraid you've panicked Morel?
01:13:14 I understand how to organise fragments of conversations
01:16:08 Saved from interminable days
01:19:27 I am constantly in danger of dying.
01:22:10 I look again at Faustine's hand.
01:26:58 He's maybe not as mad as that.
02:00:00 and so on and so forth.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,112
Dialogue density11.7 lines / min
First line00:00:30
Final line02:00:00
Production Record
DirectorClaude-Jean Bonnardot
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes91