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Mood:
- ContemplativeGloomySincereTouchingThought Provoking
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Plot:
- Moral DilemmaCouple RelationsLove TriangleSocial DifferencesIsolationShowbizConfinedLife is a Bitch more...
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Genres:
- DramaRomanceForeignMelodramaHistoricalPeriod
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century40sWorld War 2
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Place:
- EuropeFranceParisTheater
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Praise:
- Award WinnerCritically Acclaimed
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Flag:
- Mild Violent Content
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The Last Metro, 1980
French, German
France
Profile of The Last Metro
The mood of The Last Metro is gloomy, contemplative, and sincere. The plot centers around a moral dilemma, isolation, and social differences. It is a drama, foreign, and romance movie. Stylistically, The Last Metro is a melodrama. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in a theater. The Last Metro is set in Paris. It happens during World War 2. The movie is known for being an award winner and critically acclaimed. Note that The Last Metro includes mild violent content.
Summary of The Last Metro
When the Nazis occupy Paris, Jewish theater owner Lucas Steiner (Heinz Bennent) goes into hiding in the cellar, ceding control of the theater to his gentile wife, Marion (Catherine Deneuve). She mounts a new play, and gives a break to upstart actor Bernard Granger (Gérard Depardieu) by casting him in the lead. The two soon develop feelings for one another, and she is torn between the two men. Things grow ever more complicated when Marion discovers that Bernard is harboring a secret of his own.
Details
| Language: | French, German |
| Country: | France |
| Release date: | 12 October 1980 |
| Runtime: | 131 min |
Cast and Crew
as Marion Steiner
as Lucas Steiner
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Users Reviews
- 15.October.2008
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- by: barak gilon
- barak gilon rated this movie6/10Okay
