Pantalaskas

An offbeat uneven tale about a man intent on suicide and the three people who try to talk him out of it Pantalaskas stars American Carl Studer in the title role of the morose wouldbe suicide Set in Paris and taking place over an entire night the story has a complication in that the trio who want to prevent the suicide do not speak the mans language he is Lithuanian and speaks no French So the protagonists comb the underbelly of a nighttime Paris looking high and low but mostly low for anyone who speaks Lithuanian Depending mainly on dialogue for its impact the verbose drama reveals how the protagonists undergo a transformation as the night wears on