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Themroc

  • 1973
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
1.8K
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Themroc (1973)
SatireComedy

Made without proper language, just gibberish and grunts, this is an absurdist comedy about a man who rejects every facet of normal bourgeois life and turns his apartment into a virtual cave.Made without proper language, just gibberish and grunts, this is an absurdist comedy about a man who rejects every facet of normal bourgeois life and turns his apartment into a virtual cave.Made without proper language, just gibberish and grunts, this is an absurdist comedy about a man who rejects every facet of normal bourgeois life and turns his apartment into a virtual cave.

  • Director
    • Claude Faraldo
  • Stars
    • Michel Piccoli
    • Béatrice Romand
    • Marilù Tolo
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    1.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Claude Faraldo
    • Stars
      • Michel Piccoli
      • Béatrice Romand
      • Marilù Tolo
    • 24User reviews
    • 31Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Michel Piccoli
    Michel Piccoli
    • Themroc
    Béatrice Romand
    Béatrice Romand
    • La soeur de Themroc…
    Marilù Tolo
    Marilù Tolo
    • La secrétaire
    Francesca Romana Coluzzi
    Francesca Romana Coluzzi
    • La voisine…
    Jeanne Herviale
    Jeanne Herviale
    • La mère de Themroc…
    Jean Aron
    Paul Barrault
    Romain Bouteille
    • Un ouvrier…
    Stéphane Bouy
    Stéphane Bouy
    • Un ouvrier…
    Coluche
    Coluche
    • Le jeune voisin…
    Madeleine Damien
    Madeleine Damien
    Patrick Dewaere
    Patrick Dewaere
    • Le maçon
    François Dyrek
    • Un policier
    Michel Fortin
    • Un ouvrier…
    Henri Guybet
    Henri Guybet
    • Un ouvrier
    Jean-Michel Haas
    François Joxe
    Marie Kéruzoré
    • Director
      • Claude Faraldo
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    10joethelilman

    amazing, one of a kind

    a film which is so different in one of the best ways ever... a breath of fresh air, made just after riots in Paris in the 70's the film uses sexual tensions to portray the suppressed feeling of most parisians at the time. themroc himself, is a man who lives a repetitive life, constantly dealing with the everyday struggles of work and no play, breaks from his neash to turn in to a free man/monster who breaks down all barriers(quite literally) and brings a feeling of liberty to his community despite the police trying their best to stop and ever kill him. his path brings sex, demolition, canabolism, adultery, incest and murder to name a few... all with only about 20words said throughout the who thing a film for every film lover to watch. seriously recommended
    j-b-w-1

    Testing the power of Themroc

    Themroc has been dumped on the market in the North West of England. The Warner Brothers VHS tape has appeared in dozens of copies in bargain outlets. So have Buñuel's Tristana and Visconti's Senso, come to that, but their transformative power may be less potent.

    We still await reports that pound-store customers are roasting cops and sniffing tear-gas for kicks. As for humping their sisters, we never suspected anything less of them.

    Warners promise English subtitles, which would have been de trop. Collectors of unusual aspect-ratios may care to note it is cited as 1.53:1

    It's a romantic tale, though. The modern Themroc would be a short, stopped by a high- powered bullet about half an hour in.
    10gryspnik

    Deeply political and a great commentary on humans and our wester society

    It is obvious that words, wonderful photography, direction and profound lessons are not needed in a film in order for it to pass its messages across to its viewers. Themroc is a movie with no dialogue so that it can be seen by any human around the world and still understand how authority has separated us and divided us in order to use us. Themroc is an ode to symbolism, a prime example of how you can do political commentary and show to people that freedom is easy to attain and that half measures is the mean authority uses to control us. More than that, Themroc examines human sexuality, sexism, exploitation and the limitations modern society has set for us thus limiting our life experience and happiness.

    I absolutely recommend watching it if you manage to fin this film. 10/10
    9samxxxul

    Regressive and wild, Piccoli's best..!!

    A factory worker who, one morning, fed up with the routine of his work, decides to abandon the conventions of civilization and live primitively in the city kind of human caveman, expressing himself through grunts. He expresses dehumanization through routine and anarchism signifying the return of the human being, who rejects modern society from its root, to its primitive nature is explained by the 'representation' of wolves, hunts, and ultimately howling wolves.

    Directed by truck-driver-turned-filmmaker Claude Faraldo, a French film composed entirely of nonsensical dialogue which is completely bizarre, but weirdly intriguing. The film works as absurd comedy and social criticism at the same time. Pure anarchism and demolition of the values of the modern world through a wild surreal mockery, sounding like a Grindcore album in it's runtime.

    Among the roles of Michel Piccoli's impressive career in theatre and cinema, my all-time favourite remains the "THEMROC" (1973) who constantly cries out, growls, screams and repeats incomprehensible acts and vandalism as if he wanted to explode the hypocritical harmony of modern society. RIP Michel Piccoli.
    matthew-54

    They don't make them like this anymore

    A great film. Woefully cheap. Blissfully purposeful. Knows exactly what it thinks and says it with brutal clarity and biting humour, all shot in a ragged verité style that seems strangely contemporary. A factory worker goes off his trolley, throws society's rulebook out of the window and reverts to being a caveman. And that's about it - talk about a high concept! There's no dialogue, only gibberish and grunts, but, incredibly, it works. It's easy not to like this film, but hard not to be impressed by it. Check it out for yourself and see.

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      The language heard in this movie can be described as Gibberish.
    • Connections
      Featured in L'Oeil du cyclone: Langage sonore (1995)

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    • Release date
      • October 1980 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • None
    • Also known as
      • Темрок
    • Production companies
      • Productions Filmanthrope
      • Les Productions FDL
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 40m(100 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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