Gerard Depardieu and Catherine Deneuve star as members of a French theater company living under the German occupation during World War II in François Truffaut’s gripping, humanist character study. Against all odds - a Jewish theater manager in hiding; a leading man who’s in the Resistance; increasingly restrictive Nazi oversight — the troupe believes the show must go on. Equal parts romance, historical tragedy, and even comedy, The Last Metro (Le dernier métro) is Truffaut’s ultimate tribute to art overcoming adversity.
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TITLE...........: The Last Metro (1980)
STARS...........: Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, Jean Poiret
DIRECTOR........: François Truffaut
WRITERS.........: François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman, Jean-Claude Grumberg
GENRE...........: Drama, Romance, War
TOMATOMETER.....: 88/80
IMDB SCORE......: 7.3
IMDB LINK.......:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080610 RUNTIME.........: 2h 11mn
SIZE............: 9.63 GB
VIDEO CODEC.....: HEVC (Main10@L4)
BITRATE.........: 10000 Kbps (2-pass)
RESOLUTION......: 1800x1080
ASPECT RATIO....: 1.66:1
FRAMERATE.......: 24 fps
AUDIO1..........: French FLAC 1.0
AUDIO2..........: Commentary by biographer Annette Insdorf (2008)
AUDIO3..........: Commentary by Gerard Depardieu, J.P. Azema and Serge Toubiana
SUBTITLES.......: ENG, Commentary
SOURCE..........: BFI Blu-ray, Criterion Blu-ray
ENCODE DATE.....: 2024-03-24
Extras (Criterion)
• Deleted scene - A scene with Valentin (Rene Dupre) and Marion (Deneuve) which was removed from the original cut of the film, but was later on reinserted in the 1982 video release of The Last Metro.
• Une histoire d'eau - A 1958 short film by Jean-Luc Godard and Francois Truffaut about the joy of filmmaking.
• Les nouveaux rendez-vous - Francois Truffaut, Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu talk about The Last Metro in this excerpted 1980 interview from the French television program.
• Pasez donc me voir - Another interview from a 1980 episode of the French TV program where Francois Truffaut and actor Jean Poiret discuss their work on The Last Metro and their memories of the occupation.
• Performing "The Last Metro" - A curious interview with actors Andrea Ferreol, Paulette Dubost, Sabine Haudepin, and second-assistant director Alain Tasma where they recall their work with Francois Truffaut.
• Visualizing "The Last Metro" - An interview with camera assistants Florent Bazin and Tessa Racine where they recall their work with legendary cinematographer Nestor Almendros.
• Working with Truffaut: Nestor Almendros - A rare interview with cinematographer Nestor Almendros that was conducted in Paris in April 1986, constructed by Truffaut expert Robert Fischer from the only surviving elements.
• Two audio commentaries - One featuring biographer Annette Insdorf (English), and one with actor Gerard Depardieu, historian Jean-Pierre Azéma and Truffaut biographer Serge Toubiana (French with subtitles)
• Gallery - A Gallery of production stills [BFI]
• Theatrical trailer [BFI]
