The Seats of the Alcazar

Mar 29, 1989

0h 54m

★ 6.8

Overview

Guy, film critic of the Cahiers du Cinéma and terminal cinephile, plans to write about the Vittorio Cottafavi retrospective at the Alcazar, his local cinema. One day he notices that Jeanne, film critic of Postif, the rival magazine, seems to be following him. He is intrigued-- is she interested in him, or planning to poach his praise for Cottafavi in her own article?

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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