Directed by:
Luis García BerlangaScreenplay:
Jorge BerlangaCinematography:
Hans BurmannCast:
Michel Piccoli, Concha Velasco, Santiago Segura, Juan Diego, Antonio Resines, José Sancho, Jorge Sanz, Manuel Alexandre, Mapi Galán, Amparo Soler Leal (more)Plots(1)
Michel, a renowned Parisian plastic surgeon, is disappointed with life and decides to commit suicide. The moment he is about to jump out of the window he spots a man cycling to Timbuktu. He purchases the bike from him and decides to try to find refuge in the distant place with a promising name. (Summer Film School)
Cast
![Michel Piccoli](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/798/163798907_1b5816.png)
Michel Piccoli
France
Best movies:
Un amour de pluie (1974)
May Fools (1990)
Mado (1976)
![Concha Velasco](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/634/158634083_dff45a.jpg)
Concha Velasco
Spain
Best movies:
La colmena (1982)
Gran Hotel (2011) (series)
Rage (2009)
![Santiago Segura](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272137_ed0b88.jpg)
Santiago Segura
Spain
Best movies:
Aquí no hay quien viva (2003) (series)
Hellboy (2004)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
![Juan Diego](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/391/160391659_de3d86.jpg)
Juan Diego
Spain
Best movies:
The Holy Innocents (1984)
Noviembre (2003)
Cabeza de Vaca (1991)
![Antonio Resines](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/147/164147135_4cbc46.jpg)
Antonio Resines
Spain
Best movies:
La colmena (1982)
Los serrano (2003) (series)
Cell 211 (2009)
![José Sancho](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/683/158683190_d1c1dc.jpg)
José Sancho
Spain
Best movies:
Sant'Antonio di Padova (2002) (TV movie)
Talk to Her (2002)
Live Flesh (1997)
![Jorge Sanz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271331_844481.jpg)
Jorge Sanz
Spain
Best movies:
Freedomfighters (1996)
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
Lovers (1991)
Manuel Alexandre
Spain
Best movies:
Death of a Cyclist (1955)
Welcome Mr. Marshall! (1953)
The Rocket from Calabuch (1956)
Mapi Galán
Spain
Best movies:
Women (1997)
O Janovi a podivuhodném příteli (1990) (TV movie)
The City of Lost Children (1995)
Amparo Soler Leal
Spain
Best movies:
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
Life Size (1974)
The Heifer (1985)
Enrique San Francisco
Spain
Best movies:
Mutant Action (1993)
Ernesto (1979)
Animal Crisis (2007)
Javier Gurruchaga
Spain
Best movies:
What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984)
If They Tell You I Fell (1989)
Los reyes magos (2003)
Fedra Lorente
Best movies:
Jaguar Lives! (1979)
Mabel Lozano
Spain
Best movies:
Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. (1990)
Al límite (1997)
My Father, My Mother, My Sister and My Brothers (1999)
Joaquín Climent
Spain
Best movies:
Physics or Chemistry (2008) (series)
Salvador (2006)
Goya in Bordeaux (1999)
![Luis Ciges](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/147/164147162_973134.jpg)
Luis Ciges
Spain
Best movies:
La colmena (1982)
Life Size (1974)
The Heifer (1985)
Eusebio Lázaro
Spain
Best movies:
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Aquí no hay quien viva (2003) (series)
L'Enfant des loups (1991) (TV movie)
Rosanna Yanni
Argentina
Best movies:
What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution (1972)
Fangs of the Living Dead (1969)
The National Shotgun (1978)
Guillermo Montesinos
Spain
Best movies:
The Heifer (1985)
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
Rojo Sangre (2004)
Paco Catalá
Best movies:
Goya in Bordeaux (1999)
Goya's Ghosts (2006)
Lorca, muerte de un poeta (1987) (TV movie)