A Dream Longer Than the Night

Overview

In this heady, phantasmagoric fairy tale, a young girl comes face to face with a friendly dragon and a magnanimous witch. Upon the witch granting the girl’s wish to become a young woman, this surrealist chronicle follows the precocious Camélia on a series of quests in pursuit of love.

Directed by Niki de Saint Phalle

Top cast

Laura Duke Condominas

Camélia

L

Laurence Bourqui

Camélia (jeune fille)

L

Laurent Condomidas

L'homme noir

Niki de Saint Phalle

La Madame / La mère

J

Jean Tinguely

Le General Rose / Le père

M

Marina Karella

La sorcière

R

Rico Weber

Le dragon / L'armée rose

Humbert Balsan

L'homme oiseau

B

Bernhard Luginbühl

Le general noir

H

Henri Holstein

Le roi

D

Daniel Spoerri

Le juif

S

Samuel Mulholland

Le cardinal

Roberto

Le nain

A

Andrée Putman

La cliente

C

Christian Ledoux

Le cure

Régine Deforges

Une fille de joie

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