Paradise for All

Paradise for All

1982 · 110 min · ★ 6.0 · Drama, Comedy, Science Fiction

Doctor Valois has invented the "flashage", a cure for depressed people. After having tested it on monkeys, he tries with a first human patient, Alain Durieux. This is great success, everybody's happy except may be Alain's wife, Jeanne, who's worrying about the changes in Alain's personality. Other patients use the treatment with similar successes, and Valois's happy about it. But the monkeys are changing: non-cured ones are made mad by the over-stability and stereotyped behaviour of the cured ones. So are the humans. When Valois realises he can't stop the process, he decides to "flash" himself.

Directed by Alain Jessua · Written by André Ruellan

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Patrick Dewaere Alain Durieux
Jacques Dutronc Pierre Valois
Fanny Cottençon Jeanne Durieux
Stéphane Audran Édith
Philippe Léotard Marc Lebel
François Dyrek le responsable du zoo
Anna Gaylor une agent d'assurance
Jean-Paul Muel le directeur furieux
Francis Lemaire le directeur de l'usine
André Thorent M. Borne
Patrice Kerbrat Armand
Jeanne Goupil Sophie

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