LA FIN DU JOUR
synopsis
Aged penniless actors are living in a old people's home. They always talk about their past glory or failures. One day Raphael Saint-Clair comes; he has been a famous actor and had a lot of love affairs. Passions come back, and jealousies... A bitter film about aging, failure and the entertainment.
original title: | La fin du jour |
country: | France |
year: | 1939 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Julien Duvivier |
film run: | 99' |
release date: | FR 24/03/1939, DK 19/04/1939, IT 08/1939, SE 22/12/1939, HU 29/04/1940, PT 19/10/1940, FI 10/11/1940, ES 22/03/1943, RU 20/04/1995, DE 17/10/2016 |
screenplay: | Julien Duvivier, Charles Spaak |
cast: | Victor Francen, Michel Simon, Louis Jouvet |
cinematography by: | Alex Joffre, Christian Matras, Armand Thirard |
film editing: | Marthe Poncin |
art director: | Jacques Krauss |