
Finding Neverland(2004)
During a writing slump, playwright J.M. Barrie meets a widow and her four children, all young boys—who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life and the inspiration that lead him to create his masterpiece. Peter Pan.


“A story of love and conflict.”
In occupied Paris, an actress wed to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.

Catherine Deneuve
Marion Steiner

Gérard Depardieu
Bernard Granger

Jean Poiret
Jean-Loup Cottins

Andréa Ferréol
Arlette Guillaume

Paulette Dubost
Germaine Fabre

Jean-Louis Richard
Daxiat

Maurice Risch
Raymond Boursier

Heinz Bennent
Lucas Steiner

Sabine Haudepin
Nadine Marsac

Christian Baltauss
Lucien Ballard, Bernard's Replacement
The Last Metro is a drama, romance, war film released in 1980 exploring themes of jew persecution, theater play, theatre group. Directed by François Truffaut, it stars Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Poiret. In occupied Paris, an actress wed to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.
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While two theater groups rehearse plays by Aeschylus, two solitary individuals wander the Parisian streets hustling the populace for cash.

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