---
title: 'The Departure (1967)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jerzy Skolimowski'
released: '1967-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 93
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Belgium'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-departure-1967'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061605/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Departure (1967)

1967 · 93 min · Drama · France, Belgium

Original title: Le Départ

## Synopsis

Le Départ is a 1967 Belgian comedy film directed by Jerzy Skolimowski. It stars Jean-Pierre Léaud as a car-obsessed young man trying to get possession of a Porsche for a race. The film won the Golden Bear at the 17th Berlin International Film Festival. The film was also selected as the Belgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 40th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jerzy Skolimowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerzy-skolimowski)
- **Screenplay:** [Jerzy Skolimowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerzy-skolimowski), [Andrzej Kostenko](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrzej-kostenko)
- **Director of Photography:** [Willy Kurant](https://cinepixo.com/people/willy-kurant)

## Cast

- [Jacqueline Bir](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacqueline-bir)
- [Catherine-Isabelle Duport](https://cinepixo.com/people/catherine-isabelle-duport)
- [John Dobrynine](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-dobrynine)
- [Paul Roland](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-roland)
- [Paul Frère](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-frere)
- [Jean-Pierre Léaud](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-leaud)

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