The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir

1h 40m

5.7

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.

Cast

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

The Bum (segment "Le dernier réveillon")

Female Bum (segment "Le dernier réveillon")

Duvallier (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")

Françoise Arnoul

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

Marguerite Cassan

Émilie (segment "La cireuse électrique")

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

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

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

Dominique Labourier

Paulette (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")

Gontran (segment "Le dernier réveillon")

le Gérant (segment "Le dernier réveillon")

Jean-Louis Tristan

le Représentant (segment "La cireuse électrique"), Le représentant/Agent (segment "La cireuse électrique")

Max Vialle (segment "Le dernier réveillon")

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

Un clochard (segment "Le dernier réveillon")

Un amoureux/Young Man (segment "La cireuse électrique") (as Claude Guillaume)

Denis Gunsbourg

Un amoureux/Young Man (segment "La cireuse électrique")

Edmond Ardisson

César, le chemineau/The Tramp (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")

Blanc (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")

Jolly (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")

The Narrator/Host

Frédéric Santaya

Crew

Director, Writer

Geneviève Winding

Georges Leclerc

Director of Photography

Gilbert Margerie

Production Design

Original Music Composer

Original Music Composer