The Man Who Lies
1968 · 97 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 1,002 VOTES · DIR. Alain Robbe-Grillet
Overview
A man may or may not have betrayed a resistance fighter during World War II. He has supposedly been shot down by the Nazis and wanders into town. Mourning the death of an unseen comrade, he is taken in by the family of the dead rebel. He engages in a superfluous affair and witnesses the lesbian relationship between the man's sister and a female servant. When passions subside, the family has doubts about the reliability of the man's story.
Dialogue Timeline — 586 lines
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00:00:50 THE MAN WHO LIES
00:10:00 and the control-point set up in the street?
00:12:46 Thirty-three, thirty-four...
00:17:38 I lived mostly in the forests
00:20:26 The doctor's real name was...
00:24:41 You must have heard about me.
00:26:29 Then, you just jump down into the inner corridor.
00:32:07 We may be expecting someone.
00:34:11 I can't stand these lies anymore.
00:36:55 It upsets them to hear what I have to say...
00:39:02 It must be all the suffering.
00:43:19 especially me.
00:45:17 You're crazy!
00:51:20 Do you have to?
00:59:20 Jean Robin would go there to see Ivan, the pharmacist who carried the messages.
01:06:11 Did you know Jean Robin?
01:12:12 And that's the reason I'm drawn here...
01:14:13 obviously sawed through at both ends!
01:17:32 but I'm innocent...
01:19:40 Boris Varissa!
01:22:06 Yes, Jean is dead.
01:24:36 I'm the one who killed your brother...
01:26:34 the police lined us up and shot us in the cellars.
01:29:32 all our long night together...
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed586
Dialogue density6.0 lines / min
First line00:00:50
Final line01:29:32
Production Record
DirectorAlain Robbe-Grillet
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes1,002