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It is a most demanding, original work and one must meet it on its own terms, without expectations of casual pleasures.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
The Green Room
In the Green Room everyone can hear you scream. But no one will help.
1978 · 1h 34m · PG
Drama, History
Directed by
François Truffaut
Overview
Inspired by three Henry James short stories, this is the story of a World War I veteran who works as an obituary writer at the newspaper. Worshipping his deceased wife, he is obsessed with the dead people in his life and soon intends to build a memorial to all of them.
Director and cast
- François Truffaut Director
- François Truffaut as Julien Davenne
- Jean Dasté as Bernard Humbert
- Patrick Maléon as Georges
- Nathalie Baye as Cecilia Mandel
- Jeanne Lobre as Mme Rambaud
- Antoine Vitez as le secrétaire de l'évêque
- Jean-Pierre Moulin as Gerard Mazet
- Serge Rousseau as Paul Massigny
- Jean-Pierre Ducos as le prêtre dans la chambre mortuaire
- Annie Miller as Geneviève Mazet
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
40%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Truffaut is attempting a philosophical disquisition on the presence of the lost, the ways in which the dead remain a part of our lives, but his theme can't escape the morbid eccentricity of his characters.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Rotten
Truffaut's lack of range as an actor is not helped by the script's purple prose.
Time Out
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