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With: Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, Heinz Bennett, Jea-Louis Richard, Jean Poiret, Andrea Ferreol
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Written by: Francois Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman
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Directed by: Francois Truffaut
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MPAA Rating: PG
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Language: French with English subtitles
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Running Time: 135
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Date: 09/17/1980
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Stagefright
By Jeffrey M. Anderson Francois Truffaut takes a stab at an anti-war film with a conscience, but like Renoir with Grand Illusion, he does it without showing any battle footage. Catherine Deneuve runs a small theater in occupied France during WWII and hides her Jewish husband in the basement. They hire dashing Gerard Depardieu to perform in a play that will hopefully save the theater, but a love triangle develops. Truffaut shoots in a kind of glossy, nostalgic tone (which makes his actors look luminous), but the danger lurking just outside the corner of the frame is still palpable. This accomplished and beautifully-done film was nominated for a Best Foreign Film Oscar. It's now available on a Criterion Collection DVD, with commentary tracks, interviews and other stuff.
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