The Last Metro (1980)

Original title

Le Dernier Métro

Directed by

François Truffaut

Genre

drama film, war film, romance film, art film

Country

France

Runtime

2h 11m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 523 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1942 Nazi-occupied Paris, a theater company struggles to keep its shows running despite censorship, shortages, and danger. The Jewish owner hides in the basement while his wife, the lead actress, manages both the theater and a new actor who draws her attention.

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What happens

The Last Metro (French: Le Dernier Métro) is a 1980 period drama film, co-written and directed by François Truffaut, that stars Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu. Set in Nazi-occupied Paris in 1942, the film follows the fortunes of a small theatre in the Montmartre quarter which keeps up passive resistance by maintaining its cultural integrity, despite censorship, antisemitism and material shortages. 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. Upon its release in theatres on 17 September 1980, The Last Metro became one of Truffaut's more commercially successful films. In France it had 3,384,045 admissions and in the United States it grossed $3 million. At the 6th César Awards, The Last Metro received 12 nominations and won 10 of them, including Best Film. The film also received Best Foreign Film nominations at the Academy Awards and the Golden Globes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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