The Green Room (1978) La chambre verte
The Green Room (1978)
DVDRip | AVI | 448x336 | XviD @ 1946 Kbps | 90 min | 1,41 Gb
Audio: Français and Italiano - each track MP3 @ 128 Kbps | Subs (srt): English, Français
Genre: Drama
DVDRip | AVI | 448x336 | XviD @ 1946 Kbps | 90 min | 1,41 Gb
Audio: Français and Italiano - each track MP3 @ 128 Kbps | Subs (srt): English, Français
Genre: Drama
Director: François Truffaut
Writers: François Truffaut (screenplay), Jean Gruault (screenplay)
Stars: François Truffaut, Nathalie Baye, Jean Dasté
A French little town, at the end of the twenties. Julien Davenne is a journalist whose wife Julie died a decade ago. He gathered in the green room all Julie's objects. When a fire destroys the room, he renovates a little chapel and devotes it to Julie and his other dead persons.
I was very impressed, when I watched this movie for the first time. I only knew Truffaut's most popular films (like Jules et Jim or Fahrenheit 451) by then. This film is so completely different than the ones mentioned above. I think Truffaut shows us his inner-self by playing the role of Julien Davenne, a journalist obsessed with the idea of building an altar for his dead. The audience gets a direct access to his feelings and thoughts about life and death. This film is a chance to understand Truffaut and his work better. He knew that the film would not be a box-office hit, but that was not important to Truffaut. He liked the short-stories by Henry James and just did what he wanted to. In my opinion Truffaut did a beautiful job by making this film. I think this film demands very much from its viewers. "The Green Room" provokes a self-reflection in the viewer. The viewer has to deal with his own attitude towards life and death. So this is not an easy film to watch. But if you want a film that differs from all the high-tech, action-loaded movies of the present that simultaneously gives you a very personal access to the man who made it, "The Green Room" is a good choice.
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The Green Room (1978) La chambre verte
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