Directed by:
Maurice PialatScreenplay:
Maurice PialatCinematography:
Néstor AlmendrosCast:
Hubert Deschamps, Philippe Léotard, Nathalie Baye, Jacques Villeret, Jean-François Balmer, Monique Mélinand, Jean-Dominique de la RochefoucauldPlots(1)
Birth, childhood and youth, adulthood, falling in love, old age, death: few elect to depict the last of the various stages that constitute our lives. And virtually no-one has succeeded in capturing those final moments in a film – what they mean for the person who is dying and also for those gathered round the deathbed. Pialat's work, hovering between a raw portrayal and a quasi-metaphysical contemplation, is simply a masterpiece. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Hubert Deschamps
France
Best movies:
The Man from Acapulco (1973)
The Spies (1957)
Dear Inspector (1978)
Philippe Léotard
France
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Les Misérables (1995)
Bed & Board (1970)
Nathalie Baye
France
Best movies:
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Day for Night (1973)
Mado (1976)
Jacques Villeret
France
Best movies:
The Dinner Game (1998)
Un amour de pluie (1974)
The Common Man (1975)
Jean-François Balmer
Switzerland
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
Cop or Hood (1979)
East Wind (1993)
Monique Mélinand
France
Best movies:
To Die of Love (1971)
Three Murderesses (1959)
The Mouth Agape (1974)
Jean-Dominique de la Rochefoucauld
France
Best movies:
The Mouth Agape (1974)