

A story of love and conflict.
In occupied Paris, an actress wed to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Jul 20247/10
Despite, or possibly because of, the Nazi occupation of Paris in 1942 the theatres and cinemas of the city are thriving. One of the most popular was in Montmartre and run by the Steiners. Now he's a Jew so they decide it best he leaves for the Vichy and the theatre in the hands of his actress wife "Marion" (Catherine Deneuve). Rather aptly, they decide to present a new play called "the Disappearance" and draft in "Granger" (Gerard Depardieu) to co-star with "Marion" under the director "Jean-Loup" (Jean Poiret). Now it's fair to say that "Granger" is a bit of a womaniser - but the object of his desires here, who happens to be the costumier "Arlette" (Andréa Ferrêol), wouldn't touch him with a flagpole. Their best laid plans as a troupe is to survive what's left of the war in one piece, and with dangers around every corner as well as rationing, they have their work cut out. As the story develops, we come to realise that both "Marion" and her co-star have secrets to keep and their make or break production will also be seen by the arch anti-semite critic "Daxiat" (Jean-Louis Richard) who could readily undo all of their hard work and see them all on the scrapheap. There's loads of chemi
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Cast
- Catherine DeneuveMarion Steiner
- Gérard DepardieuBernard Granger
- Jean PoiretJean-Loup Cottins
- Andréa FerréolArlette Guillaume
- Paulette DubostGermaine Fabre
- Jean-Louis RichardDaxiat
- Maurice RischRaymond Boursier
- Heinz BennentLucas Steiner
- Sabine HaudepinNadine Marsac
- Christian BaltaussLucien Ballard, Bernard's Replacement
Crew
- François TruffautDirector
- Suzanne SchiffmanScreenplay
- François TruffautScreenplay
- Néstor AlmendrosDirector of Photography
- Georges DelerueOriginal Music Composer
- Martine BarraquéEditor
- François TruffautProducer
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