Three Seats for the 26th

Nov 23, 1988

1h 46m

★ 5.6

Overview

Yves Montand, playing himself, returns to his hometown of Marseilles to appear in an autobiographical musical. Once there, he searches for the barmaid he once loved and also encounters young hopeful Marion, giving her the chance of a lifetime

Genres

Music

Drama

Production Companies

Renn Productions

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Cast

Yves Montand

Marion

Mathilda May

Toni Fontaine

Patrick Fierry

Mylene de Lambert

Françoise Fabian

Fonteneau

Antoine Bourseiller

Serge

Christophe Bourseiller

Michael

Geoffrey Carey

Le Capitaine

Jean-Claude Bouillaud

Directeur de l'hôtel

Raoul Curet

Derderian

Mathieu Demy

Mlle Destain

Danielle Durou

Max Leehman

Paul Guers

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