C’était un rendez-vous
16 Jun
C’était un rendez-vous is a1976 short film by Claude Lelouch that was shot in one take using a camera mounted on a car’s bumper. It is just over 8 minutes long (the length of a reel of 35mm film) and features some pretty nifty driving through the streets of Paris at well over 100mph. Lelouch was arrested after the film’s release although at the time he claimed it was not him driving the car but a F1 driver he knew. During the film the driver mounts the curb and drives the wrong way down one way streets as the sun rises over Paris. The car used was a Mercedes-Benz 450SEL although the poster for the film shows a Ferrari.
The film caused some controversy due to the reckless nature of the driving involved. The streets were not closed and it was more through luck than judgment that no pedestrians got hurt. It has been remastered and release on DVD but you can see it in it’s entirety below.
