Le Grand serpent du monde (1999) **

Directed by Yves Dion. With Murray Head, Zoe Latraverse, Gabriel Arcand and Louise Portal. Imagine, if you will, a middle-aged bus driver from Montreal. He's into philosophy and young women. Night after night, he picks up the same people from the same bus stops: a mentally-challenged excentric, an old lady with a dog, a man who could be a vampire and a seductive young girl. The film - slow, meditative and artfully directed - explores their alienation with a flegmatism worthy of Wim Wenders.