The Last Metro

The Last Metro is a French film drama directed by François Truffaut from 1980.

Action

During the German occupation of Paris, a new piece will be rehearsed in the theater Montmartre. As the director Lucas Steiner, a German Jew, must be hiding in the basement, his wife Marion tries to cope with the dangers of the political situation and human complications and continue the theater. Bernard Granger, a womanizer and well known actor, gets next to Marion, the second lead role in the new play Lucas Steiner. He is also a member of the Resistance who wants to harm by targeted attacks the Germans.

Lucas Steiner is unable to participate due to his whereabouts in the basement of the theater in social life. His only connection to the outside world is his wife Marion, and a small ventilation shaft through which he pursues and improves the action on stage. His daily routine now deals exclusively with the evaluation of the included rehearsals and subsequent evaluation with Marion. Thus, the relationship falters. Lucas noticed that the character played by Marion and Bernard love scene is not authentic enough. He asks Marion, this play with more vigor, which he indirectly promotes the developing love between Bernard and Marion.

Ultimately, it succeeds Lucas to survive the war and thus the madness in the basement; full of uncertainty, he spent part of his life in that basement. At the end, Bernard, Lucas and Marion, all three holding hands while the final applause on the stage of the Theatre Montmartre.

Criticism

  • Encyclopedia of the International film: "In a subtle balancing of the blue and the tragic interlock game and reality, and so reflect the relationship between politics and culture. "
  • Movie watchers: "With his inimitable, sensitive and ironic touch Truffaut fuses elements of classic theatrical films to a new, serene and contemplative unity."
  • Filmecho: "A veritable kaleidoscope of observations from time descriptions of milieu drawings, full of vitality. Interesting, surprising, truthful "

Awards and nominations

1981: César Award for

  • Best Film (François Truffaut )
  • Best Director (François Truffaut )
  • Best Actor ( Gérard Depardieu )
  • Best Actress ( Catherine Deneuve )
  • Best Screenplay (François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman )
  • Best Cinematography ( Néstor Almendros )
  • Best Editing ( Martine Barraqué )
  • Best Original Score (Georges Delerue )
  • Best Production Design (Jean -Pierre Kohut - Svelko )
  • Best Sound ( Michel Laurent )

1981: César Award nominations for

  • Best Supporting Actor (Heinz Bennents )
  • Best Supporting Actress ( Andréa Ferréol )

1981: Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film

1981: Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Language Film

1981: David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Actress ( Catherine Deneuve )

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