The Last Metro

Film: The Last Metro (Le dernier métro)

Format: VHS, 131 min., French with English subtitles

Réalisé par: François Truffaut, 1980

Disponible à: Hege Library

Description: "A stylish and poignant film about Jewish director Lucas Steiner (Heinz Bennent), who is forced to hide in the basement of is theater during the Nazi occupation while his wife (Catherine Deneuve) stars in its latest production. Romantic tensions mount when she and her leading man (Gérard Depardieu) begin to fall in love with each other. At the same time, a pro-Nazi theater critic ensconces himself in the theater causing stress to the entire cast."

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