The Seats of the Alcazar

Mar 29, 1989

0h 53m

★ 7.1

Overview

A French man recalls his moviegoing adventures at the now defunct titular theater as a journalist for the film magazine Cahiers du Cinéma during the mid-1950s.

Genres

Comedy

History

Production Companies

Les Films d'Ici

La Sept Cinéma

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Cast

Guy Moscardo

Olivier Maltinti

Jeanne Cavalero

Elizabeth Moreau

Angela

Sabine Haudepin

The cinema director

Dominique Zardi

The cinema usher

Micha Bayard

A movie buff

Richard Martin-Jordan

The commissioner

Jean Abeillé

A movie buff

Jean-Luc Caron

The Sam Newfield fan

Antoine Desrosières

Cinephile with ink

Théo Trifard

Unmoved cinephile

Marc Buard

The policeman

Marc Le Guilloux

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