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The Last Metro
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1980 film by François Truffaut
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The Last Metro, known in French as Le Dernier Métro, is a 1980 French drama, romance, and war film directed by François Truffaut. The screenplay was written by Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman, and Jean-Claude Grumberg. The cast includes Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Poiret, and Andréa Ferréol. Set in Paris within a theatre building, the narrative focuses on World War II and German-occupied Europe. The film was produced by Truffaut, with cinematography by Néstor Almendros and music composed by Georges Delerue.
The 131-minute film was distributed by Gaumont and Netflix. It received nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Non-English Language Film and the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. The production won four César Awards: Best Cinematography, Best Music Written for a Film, Best Director, and Best Actress. Review scores include 7.4/10 and 88%, while IMDb lists a rating of 7.3.
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Film · TMDB
7.2In occupied Paris, an actress wed to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.
Cast
- Catherine Deneuve as Marion Steiner
- Gérard Depardieu as Bernard Granger
- Jean Poiret as Jean-Loup Cottins
- Andréa Ferréol as Arlette Guillaume
- Paulette Dubost as Germaine Fabre
- Jean-Louis Richard as Daxiat
Themes
- jew persecution
- theater play
- theatre group
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Key facts
- Directed by
- François Truffaut
- Written by
- François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman , Jean-Claude Grumberg
- Produced by
- François Truffaut, Jean-José Richer
- Starring
- Catherine Deneuve , Gérard Depardieu , Jean Poiret
- Cinematography
- Néstor Almendros
- Edited by
- Martine Barraqué
- Music by
- Georges Delerue
- Production companies
- Les Films du Carrosse, Andrea Films, SEDIF, SFP, TF1 Films Production
- Distributed by
- Gaumont Distribution
- Release date
- 17 September 1980 ( 1980-09-17 )
- Running time
- 131 minutes
- Country
- France
- Language
- French
- Box office
- $23.3 million , 3,393,694 admissions (France)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- French
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- François Truffaut
- Screenwriter
- Jean-Claude Grumberg
- Composer
- Georges Delerue
- Producer
- François Truffaut
- Cinematographer
- Néstor Almendros
- Narrative location
- Paris
- Duration
- 131
- FilmAffinity ID
- 918951
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1981-10-28
- title
- Le Dernier Métro
- production designer
- Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko
- distributed by
- Netflix
- set in environment
- theatre building
- review score
- 88%
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Encyclopedic overview
The Last Metro (French: Le Dernier Métro) is a 1980 period drama film, co-written and directed by François Truffaut, that stars Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu.
Set in Nazi-occupied Paris in 1942, the film follows the fortunes of a small theatre in the Montmartre quarter which keeps up passive resistance by maintaining its cultural integrity, despite censorship, antisemitism and material shortages. The title evokes two salient facts of city life under the Germans: fuel shortages led people to spend their evenings in theatres and other places of entertainment, but the curfew meant they had to catch the last Métro train home.
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