The Lorry
1977, French. Directed by Marguerite Duras.
In this most talky and personal of films, director Marguerite Duras and actor Gerard Depardieu do an on-camera read-through of a movie script. Occasionally, the director comments about the characters or their motivations, and sometimes the actor does. That's all -- there is no action, there are no location shots, no one pretends to be anything else. The script itself tells about an encounter between a blank-slate of a woman hitchhiker, and a communist truck driver. As the reading progresses, Duras comments bitterly about the failed ideals of communism and the glorious revolution that will probably never happen.
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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- Released
- 27 May 1977
- Original title
- Le Camion
- Country
- France
- Written by
- Marguerite Duras
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The Lorry runs 76 minutes (1h 16m).
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The Lorry isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 27 May 1977. (Checked 4 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Lorry?
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Who directed The Lorry?
The Lorry (1977) was directed by Marguerite Duras and stars Gérard Depardieu, Marguerite Duras.