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| The Last Metro | |
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| 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 |
Release date |
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Running time | 131 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | $23.3 million[1][2] 3,393,694 admissions (France)[3] |
The Last Metro (French: Le Dernier Métro) is a 1980 historical drama film, written and directed by François Truffaut, that stars Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu.[4]
Opening in 1942, during the Nazi Military Administration in France, the film follows the fortunes of a small theatre in the Montmartre quarter of Paris which keeps up passive resistance by maintaining its cultural integrity, despite censorship, antisemitism and material shortages, to emerge triumphant at the war's end.[5] 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.
In 1981, the film won 10 Césars for: best film, best actor (Depardieu), best actress (Deneuve), best cinematography, best director (Truffaut), best editing, best music, best production design, best sound and best writing.[4][6] It received Best Foreign Film nominations in the Academy Awards[7] and Golden Globe Awards.[8]
The Last Metro was one of Truffaut's more successful productions, grossing $3,007,436 in the United States; this was also true in France, where it had 3,384,045 admissions, making it one of his more successful films in his native country.[1]
- ^ a b JP. "Le Dernier métro (1980)- JPBox-Office". Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ^ "The Last Metro (1981) - Box Office Mojo". Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ^ Box Office information for Francois Truffaut films at Box Office Story
- ^ a b Lanzoni, Rémi Fournier (2002). French Cinema: From Its Beginnings to the Present. Continuum. pp. 314–315. ISBN 978-0-8264-1600-1.
- ^ Holmes, Diana; Ingram, Robert (1998). François Truffaut. Manchester: Manchester university press. p. 18. ISBN 0-7190-4554-1.
- ^ "Palmares". Académie des César. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
- ^ "The 53rd Academy Awards (1981) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2013-06-08.
- ^ "Golden Globes, USA: 1981". IMDB. Retrieved 19 November 2008.