The Invitation

Name: The Invitation
Director: Claude Goretta
Released: 1973
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Jean-Luc Bideau, Jean Champion, Corinne Coderey, Pierre Collet, Neige Dolsky

1973 · 100 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 701 VOTES · DIR. Claude Goretta

Overview

After the death of his mother, middle-aged insurance employee inherits her small cottage surrounded by a garden. Selling the cottage which is situated on unexploited ground near the center of a big city makes him a rich man and he buys a big house in the countryside. He takes some time off and decides to throw a big garden party at the house and invite all his colleagues from the office. Aided by alcohol, the guests gradually lose all their inhibitions and reveal personality traits and frustrations that they normally keep hidden.

Dialogue Timeline — 824 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:12 Hello, is it you, mama

00:08:31 Hello, yes, ... Rémy Placet.

00:12:30 Yes, of course I am.

00:16:43 Wait. Somebody is coming. - Damn, we are at the wrong place.

00:21:11 Not now, I need to see my guests.

00:25:12 Sadly, I am alone now. - You should be getting married, Rémy.

00:28:19 I realized how important you all are in my life.

00:31:46 It's the favorite drink of the coral fishermen of the Fiji islands.

00:36:25 we had a picnic there two years ago

00:39:45 I don't know how to.

00:45:06 You are right, Maurice.

00:48:27 I have had that too.

00:52:13 Do you love me? Yes or no?

00:54:54 Let me drink from your glass.

01:00:40 How do you do that? Is there a bus going? - I will get my drivers license.

01:04:08 Ladies and gentlemen, silence please.

01:06:56 Pepperoni. - There's machines for that nowadays.

01:09:37 That little one doesn't look like a cop, more like a journalist.

01:13:03 The 'papaouaté tamouré'.

01:17:43 I am very sorry.

01:19:44 Worked hard for every single penny.

01:23:13 He wants us to leave.

01:27:44 I can throw away my tie then, and the handkerchief fitted well with it.

01:31:26 Better caution would have been nice, no!

Cast & Characters

Jean-Luc Bideau Maurice Dutoit Jean Champion Alfred Lamel Corinne Coderey Simone Char Pierre Collet Pierre Collard Neige Dolsky Emma Debonveau Jacques Rispal René Mermet Michel Robin Rémy Placet Rosine Rochette Hélène Jacquet François Simon Emile Cécile Vassort Aline Thévoz

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed824

Dialogue density8.2 lines / min

First line00:00:12

Final line01:31:26

Production Record

DirectorClaude Goretta

LanguageFrench

IMDb votes701