Le dernier métro
Marc-André Lussier was a dedicated and passionate film critic for La Presse. He passed away in June 2023 at the age of 63. As a tribute to him, the Cinémathèque québécoise presents François Truffaut's Le dernier métro. Marc-André Lussier wrote that Truffaut was the artist who made him love cinema, and Le dernier métro in particular was one of his favorite films. This screening will take place in the presence of his colleague Marc Cassivi.
In the presence of Marc Cassivi
Winner of 12 César, including Best Film.
Nominated for the 1981 Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.
During the Occupation in Paris in September 1942, Lucas Steiner, director of the Théâtre Montmartre, had to flee because he is Jewish. His wife Marion runs the theater and stages the play « La disparue » with an actor and a stage director. Nothing is simple in an era of war, when people sometimes have to doubt who their real friends and worst enemies are.
François Truffaut
François Truffaut was a French filmmaker, a major figure of the French New Wave, and the author of 21 feature films that helped revolutionize cinematic storytelling. With a career of more than 25 years, he is an icon of the French film industry. Initially a critic at Arts-Lettres-Spectacles and Cahiers du Cinéma, he transitioned from writing to a career as a self-taught screenwriter and director at the age of 22, following the auteur theory he advocated in his writings. He also acted in several films and was a producer who supported Marcel L'Herbier's hoped-for "auteur theory" against purely commercial entertainment cinema. The 400 Blows is a defining film of the French New Wave movement, and has four sequels, Antoine et Colette, Stolen Kisses, Bed and Board, and Love on the Run, made between 1958 and 1979. His 1973 film Day for Night earned him critical acclaim and several awards, including the BAFTA Award for Best Film and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
