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Le Dernier M�tro (The Last Metro) (1980)

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The Last Metro is set virtually in its entirety in a crumbling French theatre. During the Nazi occupation, Jewish director Lucas Steiner (Heinz Bennent) hides in the basement of the theatre, while his wife Marion (Catherine Deneuve) stars in its latest production. Marion is enamored of leading man Bernard Granger (Gerard Depardieu), and he with her, but they resist temptation out of respect to her husband. When she is given a choice between loyalty to her husband and to her countrymen, her

PG, 2 hr. 15 min.

Drama, Romance, Art House & International

Directed By: Fran�ois Truffaut

In Theaters: Jun 1, 1980 Wide

On DVD: Mar 24, 2009

Wellspring Media Inc.

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Cast

Catherine Deneuve
Marion Steiner
G�rard Depardieu
Bernard Granger
Jean Poiret
Jean-Loup Cottins
Heinz Bennent
Lucas Steiner
Andrea Ferreol
Arlette Guillaume
Paulette Dubost
Germaine Fabre
Sabine Haudepin
Nadine Marsac
Jean-Louis Richard
Daxiat
Maurice Risch
Raymond Boursier
Christian Baltauss
Bernard's Replacement
Pierre Belot
Hotel Porter
Marcel Berbert
Merlin
Richard Bohringer
Gestapo Officer
Ren� Dupr�
M. Valentin
Jean-Pierre Klein
Christian Leglise
Franck Pasquier
Jacquot/Eric
Renata
Greta Borg
Martine Simonet
Martine Sénéchal, Mar...
Alain Tasma
Marc
Rose Thiery
Jacquot's Mother
Eva Truffaut
Secretary
Jacob Weizbluth
Rosen
Jessica Zucman
Rosette Goldstern
Laszlo Szabo
Lieutnant Bergen
Jean-Jos� Richer
Rene Bernardini

Critic Reviews for Le Dernier M�tro (The Last Metro)

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Truffaut balances his hopeful plot on a tightrope of coincidences and narrow escapes that horrifically suggest the abyss that engulfed so many men and women of the artistic and political underground. In French.

March 21, 2011 Full Review Source: New Yorker

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Richard Brody

New Yorker

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A dazzlingly subversive work.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

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At times, the film seems to be about the reasons for its own emptiness.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

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a simple melodrama that misses its marks and shies away from any potential substance.

April 16, 2009 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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Jason Morgan

Filmcritic.com

although not one of Truffaut's strongest works, it is nevertheless a striking and engaging film, one that reflects the great filmmaker's love of artistic creation and its role in maintaining humanity

April 6, 2009 Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk

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James Kendrick

Q Network Film Desk

Was the Occupation ever this cute?

March 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Fernando F. Croce

Slant Magazine

As a portrait of a time, Last Metro is a warmly performed and deftly shot trifle.

March 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Fernando F. Croce

Slant Magazine

A loving account of the literal and figurative romance of the stage, even under the most trying of social circumstances. [Blu-ray]

March 22, 2009 Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews

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Peter Canavese

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The muted colors give the film a haunted look, like it was a film made in the 1940s.

September 15, 2008 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Accomplished and beautifully-done.

June 21, 2004 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

The Last Metro puts on vivid display Francois Truffaut's humanism and artistic craft.

January 29, 2004 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality and Practice

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a phenomenal film except for its two weaknesses, but those two are fairly big and really hold the film back from masterpiece status. One, at no point did i buy that marion and bernard were falling for each other, so this major plot element is completely unconvincing, and two, the end "monologue" where the "wrap up" is

March 16, 2011

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During the Nazi occupation of France, a theater struggles to survive against censorship and the various conflicts among the company.What I liked most about Truffaut's work here is his ability to link the external political conflict with the action of the stage production. This isn't a play within a play for its own

February 10, 2011