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1974 Drama TV Movie 1h 40m

The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir

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.

5.7 TMDB RATING
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Principal Cast

Jeanne Moreau

The Singer (segment "Quand l'amour meurt")

Nino Formicola

The Bum (segment "Le dernier réveillon")

Milly

Female Bum (segment "Le dernier réveillon")

Fernand Sardou

Duvallier (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")

Françoise Arnoul

Isabelle Duvallier (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")

Marguerite Cassan

Émilie (segment "La cireuse électrique")

Pierre Olaf

Gustave, the Husband (episode "La cireuse électrique")

Jacques Dynam

Jules, the Second Husband (segment "La cireuse électrique")

Jean Carmet

Doctor Féraud (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")

Dominique Labourier

Paulette (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")

Roland Bertin

Gontran (segment "Le dernier réveillon")

André Dumas

le Gérant (segment "Le dernier réveillon")

Jean-Louis Tristan

le Représentant (segment "La cireuse électrique")

Roger Trapp

Max Vialle (segment "Le dernier réveillon")

Robert Lombard

Le maître d'hôtel (segment "Le dernier réveillon")

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