Synopsis

The director’s cut (restored version) opens and closes with theatrical curtains in homage to Georges Méliés films, and is divided into four parts, separated by title cards: I – L’insomnie [a man can’t sleep, and reads about vampires until sunrise, when his wife finally wakes up and reveals her true nature]; II – Le cinématographe [unlike 1895, employees leaving the factory, or the office, are a much eventful thing, and finding a sit in a crowded cinema is quite a task]; III – Tant qu’on a la santé [in modern times, everyone suffers of stress, and the psychiatrist most of all other people]; IV – Nous n’irons plus au bois [a week-end hunter, a couple out for a pic-nic, and a farmer setting a wire fence find that a large wood is not large enough to accommodate them all].