In a French nightclub, choreographed song and dance routines are performed, rather than a streamlined narrative. They tell the story of Parisian culture and politics from the 1920s—1980s. A disparate, anachronistic series of characters, including an ordinary waiter, a Nazi collaborator, resistance fighters, and 1960s student protestors gather to celebrate and satirize 20th century France's icons, demons, and social changes.
Cast
Marc Berman
L'aristo / Le planqué / Le collaborationiste
Christophe Allwright
le jeune homme de banlieue
Étienne Guichard
le jeune professur
Régis Bouquet
le patron de la salle
Francesco De Rosa
Toni
Arnault Lecarpentier
le jeune typographe
Liliane Delval
l'alcoolique
Martine Chauvin
la jeune fleuriste
Danielle Rochard
la livreuse d'une modiste
Nani Noël
la fille de joie / la jeune juive / la refugiée
Aziz Arbia
le jeune ouvrier
Geneviève Rey-Penchenat
l'aristo
Michel van Speybroeck
L'homme qui vient de loin / Jean Gabin
Rossana Di Lorenzo
La dame-pipi
Michel Toty
L'ouvrier spécialisé
Raymonde Heudeline
L'ouvrière
Anita Picchiarini
L'amie de l'ouvrière
Olivie Loiseau
Le jeune frère de l'ouvrière
Monica Scattini
La jeune fille myope
François Pick
Le jeune étudiant
Chantal Capron
Le mannequin
Jean-François Perrier
Le sacristain amoureux / L'officier allemand
Jean-Claude Penchenat
Le 'croix de feu'
Crew
Ettore Scola
Director, Writer, Scenario Writer
Furio Scarpelli
Writer, Scenario Writer
Ruggero Maccari
Writer, Scenario Writer
Jean-Claude Penchenat
Scenario Writer, Idea
Raimondo Crociani
Editor
Pina Triunveri
Assistant Editor
Elvira Zincone
Assistant Editor
Ricardo Aronovich
Director of Photography
Pascal Ralite
Third Assistant Director
Gianfrancesco Lazotti
Assistant Director
Franco Committeri
Executive Producer
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Producer
Giorgio Silvagni
Producer
Luciano Ricceri
Production Design
Daniele Nannuzzi
Camera Operator
Claudio Nannuzzi
Assistant Camera
Marco Sperduti
Assistant Camera
Kika Ungaro
Assistant Camera
Orsola Liberati
Assistant Costume Designer
Tiziana Mancini
Assistant Costume Designer
Ezio Altieri
Costume Design
Françoise Tournafond
Costume Design
Monica Capogrosso
Hairstylist
Maria Luisa Garbini
Hairstylist
Tiziana Sisi
Makeup Artist
Gino Tamagnini
Makeup Artist
Bruno Le Jean
Sound Designer, Sound
Gaetano Carito
Sound Mixer
Gianni D'Amico
Sound Mixer
Jean-Marc Lentretien
Sound Mix Technician
Corrado Volpicelli
Boom Operator
Massimo Anzellotti
Foley Artist
Vladimir Cosma
Music Director, Music
Armando Trovajoli
Music Consultant
Elide Cortesi
Script Supervisor
D'Déé
Choreographer
Alberto Anzellotti
Key Grip
Pierre Saint-Blancat
Production Manager
Giorgio Scotton
Production Manager
Camille Le François
Administration
Jacques Michel
Wigmaker
