ABOUT PERFORMANCE
Film of the Alternative cinema: Authors' Collections series
Original title: Le Dernier métro
France, 1980
Runtime: 131 min
Director: François Truffaut
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Poiret, Andréa Ferréol, Paulette Dubost, Jean-Louis Richard, Maurice Risch, Sabine Haudepin, Heinz Bennent, Christian Baltauss, Pierre Belot, René Dupré
Paris, 1942. Lucas Steiner is a Jew and was compelled to leave the country. His wife Marion, an actress, directs the theater for him. She tries to keep the theater alive with a new play, and hires Bernard Granger for the leading role. But Lucas is actually hiding in the basement… A film about art and life.