A Room in Town (1982)
- Original title
- Une chambre en ville
- Directed by
- Jacques Demy
- Genre
- drama film, musical film
- Country
- France, Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rated
- 15
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 87 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Set in 1955 Nantes during a workers strike, a woman becomes entangled in a doomed love affair. The entire film is sung through like an opera, with every line of dialogue set to music.
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What happens
Une chambre en ville (also known as A Room in Town) is a 1982 French musical drama film written and directed by Jacques Demy, with music by Michel Colombier, and starring Dominique Sanda, Danielle Darrieux and Michel Piccoli. It is set against the backdrop of a workers' strike in 1955 Nantes. Like Demy's most famous film, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, it is an operetta-musical in which every line of dialogue is sung. However, unlike Cherbourg, Chambre is closer to tragedy, with a darker, more explicitly political tone. The film won the Prix Méliès, and was nominated for nine César Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Most Promising Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Music, Best Production Design and Best Sound. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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