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Last Metro (The)
Original Title
Le Dernier Métro- Director: François Truffaut
- Writer: François Truffaut; Suzanne Schiffman
- Producer: François Truffaut
CGiii Comment
It starts off by spoon-feeding its audience.
All the sets look like sets...you are always aware that you are watching a film...that's not good.
The acting...bordering on lifeless line delivery. The play within a play mechanism is too simplistic.
The story could have been told in half the time - it's a story worth being told but without the required intrigue, tension and panache, it becomes a rather dull, formulaic trek.
It's Truffaut...a legendary director...you'll either love or loathe him!
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Paris, 1942. Lucas Steiner is a Jew and was compelled to leave the country. His wife Marion, an actress, directs the theater for him. She tries to keep the theater alive with a new play, and hires Bernard Granger for the leading role. But Lucas is actually hiding in the basement... A film about art and life.
Cast & Characters
Catherine Deneuve as Marion Steiner;
Gerard Depardieu as Bernard Granger;
Jean Poiret as Jean-Loup Cottins;
Andrea Ferreol as Arlette Guillaume;
Paulette Dubost as Germaine Fabre;
Jean-Louis Richard as Daxiat;
Maurice Risch as Raymond Boursier;
Sabine Haudepin as Nadine Marsac;
Heinz Bennent as Lucas Steiner;
Christian Baltauss as Bernard's Replacement