Cinematography:
William LubtchanskyCast:
Juliet Berto, Jean-François Stévenin, Jean-François Balmer, Patrick Chesnais, Raymond Bussières, Anna Prucnal, Eddie Constantine, Paul Le Person (more)Plots(1)
As the whiteness of the title suggests, the plot of this film noir revolves around a drug story. In reality, this is nothing but an excuse to get swept away by a group of eclectic personalities who all call Pigalle home. An 800-meter boulevard: its cafés, its shops, its department stores, its billboards, its foreigners, its striptease joints, its movie theaters, its diverse populations… in short, it is a picturesque work filmed here sans pretentiousness, using a documentary approach that will both move and surprise viewers. After all, the two directors who made this first four-handed essay have certainly learned their craft. (Viennale)
(more)Cast
Juliet Berto
France
Best movies:
La Chinoise (1967)
Duelle (une quarantaine) (1976)
Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)
Jean-François Stévenin
France
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
Day for Night (1973)
Small Change (1976)
Jean-François Balmer
Switzerland
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
Cop or Hood (1979)
East Wind (1993)
Patrick Chesnais
France
Best movies:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
La Lectrice (1988)
The Maiden and the Wolves (2008)
Raymond Bussières
France
Best movies:
The Wing and the Thigh (1976)
The Gates of Paris (1957)
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976)
Anna Prucnal
Poland
Best movies:
Crows (1994)
City of Women (1980)
Sweet Movie (1974)
Eddie Constantine
USA
Best movies:
Europa (1991)
Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
World on a Wire (1973) (TV movie)
Paul Le Person
France
Best movies:
A Man and a Woman (1966)
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
A Matter of Resistance (1966)
Okacha Touita
Algeria
Dominique Maurin
France
Best movies:
Rififi (1955)
Treasure Island (1966) (series)
This Special Friendship (1964)
Bernard Lavilliers
France
Jean-Baptiste Tiemele
Best movies:
The Passenger (1975)
Elisa (1995)
Angelo (2018)
Robert Liensol
France
Best movies:
Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998)
Time to Kill (1990)
Soleil Ô (1967)
Emilie Benoît
Best movies:
Un nuage entre les dents (1974)
Whatever (1999)
Asphalt (1981)
Michel Berto
France
Best movies:
The Fugitives (1986)
The Seventh Company Outdoors (1977)
The Three Brothers (1995)
Gérard Zimmermann
France
Best movies:
That Most Important Thing: Love (1975)
France société anonyme (1974)
Ernest Menzer
Best movies:
Day for Night (1973)
The Exchange Student (1967)
Bed & Board (1970)
Charlotte Maury-Sentier
Best movies:
L' Enfant des loups (1991) (TV movie)
La Vie et rien d'autre (1989)
The ComDads (1983)