The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir
movie
Released May 02, 1974
Overview
Part One, "The Last Christmas Dinner," is about the relationship between an old man and an old woman, both homeless. Part Two, "The Electric Floor Polisher," is an opera-like story of a woman who is obsessed with polishing her floors. Part Three is a musical interlude featuring Jeanne Moreau singing "When Love Dies." Part Four, "The Virtue of Tolerance," concerns an old man, his young wife, and how they come to terms when she has an affair with a man her own age.
Cast
Jeanne Moreau
as
The Singer (segment "Quand l'amour meurt")
Nino Formicola
as
The Bum (segment "Le dernier réveillon")
Milly
as
Female Bum (segment "Le dernier réveillon")
Fernand Sardou
as
Duvallier (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")
Françoise Arnoul
as
Isabelle Duvallier (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")
Marguerite Cassan
as
Émilie (segment "La cireuse électrique")
Pierre Olaf
as
Gustave, the Husband (episode "La cireuse électrique")
Jacques Dynam
as
Jules, the Second Husband (segment "La cireuse électrique")
Jean Carmet
as
Doctor Féraud (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")
Dominique Labourier
as
Paulette (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")
Roland Bertin
as
Gontran (segment "Le dernier réveillon")
André Dumas
as
le Gérant (segment "Le dernier réveillon")
