The Model Couple
1977 · 101 MIN · IMDB 6.3 · 482 VOTES · DIR. William Klein
Overview
In 1977 France, the Ministry of the Future chooses two “normal,” white, middle-class citizens, Claudine and Jean-Michel, for a national experiment. They will be monitored and displayed on television for six months in a model apartment outfitted with state-of-the-art products and nonstop surveillance—the template for “a new city for the new man".
Dialogue Timeline — 1,464 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:14 THE MODEL COUPLE
00:04:44 By Hugues Aufray.
00:08:01 The gas will be hooked up tomorrow
00:11:42 It's still broken.
00:15:18 Nice color scheme.
00:19:05 temperature control and electronic timer.
00:23:50 Her?
00:29:42 You want Zola? Here!
00:39:08 I'd put up a wall.
00:43:52 Maybe just "happy."
00:47:05 It's just a check box, not The Brothers Karamazov!
00:50:23 Jean-Michel, I swear
00:53:54 I work all afternoon.
00:57:29 But this is still an advanced, liberal society, as far as I know.
01:01:25 Listen.
01:04:58 The experiment has already led to a few discoveries.
01:08:34 We don't have time to be with all our work.
01:12:19 Let's do our own little test.
01:16:04 how?
01:20:13 Sure. But how about:
01:25:06 - Yes! - Okay.
01:28:15 Children who've kidnapped adults!
01:31:37 Stay there. Model Couple, stand next to me.
01:35:58 Let's see what we can find.
Cast & Characters
André Dussollier
Jean-Michel
Anémone
Claudine
Zouc
1ème Psychosociologiste
Jacques Boudet
2ème Psychosociologiste
Georges Descrières
Le Ministre de l'Avenir
Eddie Constantine
Docteur Goldberg
André Penvern
Speaker à la télévision
Karl-Josef Cramer
Technicien 3
Roland Bertin
Directeur
Frédéric Pottecher
Pottecher
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,464
Dialogue density14.5 lines / min
First line00:00:14
Final line01:35:58
Production Record
DirectorWilliam Klein
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes482