The Last Metro (1980) (Le dernier métro)

“The Last Metro is a very distinguished, exemplary piece of 7th art which was one of Truffant's last films before his death. The romance between Gerard Depardieu's character Bernard and Catherine Deneuve's Marion I found very ironic. Never once did I see they cultivated an interest in each other prior to their affair, nor any chemistry. The parts where they are particularly intimate, Depardieu and Deneuve make a nice pair and give it their very best.

Towards the end, The Last Metro felt purposefully slow pace, as if to lengthen it out, to its current runtime. Up to an hour and a half, The Last Metro was excellent, with the capability of a rating up to 5 stars. But once the center of this whole flick elapsed, it soaked up every other storyline included and executed the ending of th” read more

Catherine Deneuve Films Viewed by Kathy (18 movies items)

" Director: François Truffaut Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Poiret, Heinz Bennent and Andréa Ferréol When the Nazis occupy Paris, Jewish theater owner Lucas Steiner goes into hiding in the cellar, ceding control of the theater to his gentile wife, Marion. She mounts a new play and gives a break to upstart actor Bernard Granger 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"

Georges Delerue - My Soundtrack Collection (17 music items)

"Two Scores: The Last Metro (1980) and The Woman Next Door (1981)"

Project #1 -1001 Movies I Must see Before I die- (1167 movies items)

" Rating iMDB: My Rating: Director: Actors: Genre: The Plot:"

Beautiful Catherine Deneuve... An Actress Tribute (19 movies items)

" 1980 "

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (1980's) (153 movies items)

" Notes: I have to admit it, it has been a while since I saw this movie and I should probably re-watch it at some point. Since this movie is a huge classic in France and the last big critical and commercial success for François Truffaut before his untimely death, I had some rather huge expectations towards this movie but, to be honest, I had actually a hard time to really connect with the damned thing. I mean, sure, it was a decent watch and the cast including such actors like Catherine Deneuve"

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2020) (1001 movies items)

" Notes: I have to admit it, it has been a while since I saw this movie and I should probably re-watch it at some point. Since this movie is a huge classic in France and the last big critical and commercial success for François Truffaut before his untimely death, I had some rather huge expectations towards this movie but, to be honest, I had actually a hard time to really connect with the damned thing. I mean, sure, it was a decent watch and the cast including such actors like Catherine Deneuve"

An average movie

“I have to admit it, it has been a while since I saw this movie and I should probably re-watch it at some point. Since this movie is a huge classic in France and the last big critical and commercial success for François Truffaut before his untimely death, I had some rather huge expectations towards the whole thing but, to be honest, I had actually a hard time to really connect with the damned thing. I mean, sure, it was a decent watch and the cast including such actors like Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu was really neat but the story didn’t really blow me away.  I don’t know, for me, it was just another tale about how courageous the French people was during WWII, I’m afraid I have seen too many movies like this to care anymore and I think I’m in fact more interested in th” read more

Films watched in 2016 (283 movies items)

"DVD - Tuesday 07.06.16"

Foreign Language Oscar Submissions - FRANCE (66 movies items)

"1980 53rd Academy Awards Nominated"

Characters Wearing Veil in Films (49 movies items)

" Catherine Deneuve"