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Director:
Agnès Varda
Writer:
Agnès Varda (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
25 January 1995 (France) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
Monsieur Cinema, a hundred years old, lives alone in a large villa. His memories fade away, so he engages... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Sentimental journey more

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)
Michel Piccoli ... Simon Cinéma
Marcello Mastroianni ... L'ami italien / The Italian Friend
Henri Garcin ... Firmin, le majordome / The butler

Julie Gayet ... Camille Miralis
Mathieu Demy ... Camille, dit Mica
Emmanuel Salinger ... Vincent, revenant des Indes

Anouk Aimée ... Anouk, en flash-back
Fanny Ardant ... La star qui tourne la nuit
Jean-Paul Belmondo ... Professeur Bébel
Romane Bohringer ... La jeune fille en violet
Sandrine Bonnaire ... La vagabonde métamorphosable
Jean-Claude Brialy ... Le guide des Japonais
Patrick Bruel ... Le premier orateur
Alain Delon ... Alain Delon, en visite

Catherine Deneuve ... La star-fantasme

Robert De Niro ... Le mari de la star-fantasme en croisière

Gérard Depardieu ... Gérard Depardieu, en visite

Harrison Ford ... Himself

Gina Lollobrigida ... L'épouse médium du professeur Bébel
Jeanne Moreau ... La première ex-épouse de M. Cinéma
Hanna Schygulla ... La seconde ex-épouse de M. Cinéma
Sabine Azéma ... Sabine / Irène
Jane Birkin ... Celle qui dit radin

Stephen Dorff ... Un acteur muet à Hollywood
Andréa Ferréol ... L'étonnée
Assumpta Serna ... Une actrice muette à Hollywood
Daniel Toscan du Plantier ... Le second orateur

Isabelle Adjani ... Herself - in Cannes
Jean-Hugues Anglade ... Himself - in Cannes
Daniel Auteuil ... Himself - in Cannes

Clint Eastwood ... Himself - in Cannes
Virna Lisi ... Herself - in Cannes
Maximilien Maussion ... Le Petit Clap
Salomé Blechmans ... La Petite Lili
Carole Benoit ... La Nîmoise, servante acrobate
Weiwei Melk ... La Chinoise, servante aux assiettes
Christian Bouillette ... Le jardinier du château
Frédéric Darie ... Le laveur de vitres
Alexia Stresi ... Alexia, la fleur de sang
Denis Sebbah ... Robert dit Bob
Antoine Desrosières ... Antoine
Marie Piémontèse ... Sylvie
Jean-Claude Romer ... L'historien du cinéma
Daniel Dublet ... Un visiteur
Benjamin Salinger ... Marco, frère de Vincent
Eleonore Pourriat ... Mylène, l'amie de Camille
Marina Castelnuovo ... Celle comme Liz T.
Francisco Rabal ... La voix de Bunuel / Luis Buñuel's voice (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Sandra Bernhard ... La première quêteuse (uncredited)
Gary Chekchak ... L'électricien (uncredited)

Leonardo DiCaprio ... Un acteur muet à Hollywood (complete version) (uncredited)
Arielle Dombasle ... La chanteuse à la Garden-party (complete version) (uncredited)
Emmanuelle Gaborit ... La seconde quêteuse (uncredited)
Marcel Guéguan ... Un des sept nains (uncredited)

Daryl Hannah ... Une actrice muette à Hollywood (complete version) (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Kalfon ... Le premier Jean-Pierre (complete version) (uncredited)
Stéphane Krausz ... Le chef op' (uncredited)
Bertrand Lalande ... Un visiteur (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Léaud ... Le second Jean-Pierre (complete version) (uncredited)
Emily Lloyd ... Une actrice muette à Hollywood (complete version) (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Moerman ... Le notaire (uncredited)
Henri Morelle ... Le curé-nageur (uncredited)
Filippo Paese ... Un des sept nains (uncredited)
Nicolas Pissaboeuf ... Un des sept nains (uncredited)
Didier Rouget ... L'élève de Mandrake (uncredited)

Martin Sheen ... Un acteur muet à Hollywood (complete version) (uncredited)

Harry Dean Stanton ... Un acteur muet à Hollywood (complete version) (uncredited)
Léonard Vindry ... Un visiteur (uncredited)
Eric Zaouali ... Le second des frères Lumière (uncredited)
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Directed by
Agnès Varda 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Agnès Varda  writer

Produced by
Dominique Vignet .... executive producer
 
Cinematography by
Eric Gautier 
 
Film Editing by
Hugues Darmois 
 
Costume Design by
Leila Adjir 
Françoise Disle 
Rosalie Varda 
 
Makeup Department
Lynn Rodgers .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Eric Zaouali .... unit production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Didier Rouget .... first assistant director
 
Sound Department
Jean-Pierre Duret .... sound engineer
Jean-Pierre Duret .... sound
Henri Morelle .... sound
Dominique Vieillard .... sound editor
 
Camera and Electrical Department
François Berroir .... gaffer
Xavier Cholet .... electrician
Stéphane Fontaine .... assistant camera
Anne Marie Fox .... still photographer
 
Editorial Department
Brigitte Chanteloube .... assistant editor
 
Other crew
Romain Chaveton .... assistant location manager
Valentine Sentier-Devos .... script supervisor
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Hundred and One Nights
A Hundred and One Nights of Simon Cinema
Les cent et une nuits (France) (short title)
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Runtime:
101 min
Country:
UK | France
Language:
French
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Spain:7
Filming Locations:
France more
Company:
Ciné Tamaris more

Fun Stuff

Movie Connections:
References Le professionnel (1981) more
Soundtrack:
Le Cine Va ... Le Cinema more

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7 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
Sentimental journey, 26 September 2006
8/10
Author: jotix100 from New York

Agnes Varda, one of the best film directors from France, takes us on a nostalgic trip through the world of cinema. Ms. Varda pays homage to the Lumiere brothers, the inventors that revolutionized the art of making movies, as they keep appearing whenever Simon Cinema, the old character at the center of the film calls for them. The two men show up enveloped in lights, perhaps a tribute and a reference to their surname.

The film concentrates on Simon Cinema and his memories. After all, he has been around for quite a while and has survived many movements and styles during his time as a creator. Simon lives in splendor in a château in the country, attended by his male servant, Firmin, and two maids. Simon decides to employ an assistant to help him sort out his memories. When he engages the lovely Camille, he gets an eager young woman who is in love with a young would be director.

There are great moments in the film as when Simon is visited by Marcello Mastroianni. Both actors, now of a certain age, compare notes from their pictures. Simon Cinema accuses Fellini of copying his bathroom scene in Godadard's "Contempt", in his own "8-1/2". Hanna Schygula and Jeanne Moreau arrive together to see the great man. Alain Delon comes in a helicopter, only to be turned away by Firmin, the servant, who only wants to tell the actor how much he admired him and have him sign his autograph album.

There are other poignant vignettes, like the one involving Sandrine Bonnaire, who arrives at the estate dressed as the vagabond she played in Ms. Varda's own film. Then she changes into a noble woman and finally she transforms herself into Joan of Arc. Catherine Deneuve and Robert DeNiro have a good time together in a small vessel in the pond.

Michel Picolli is excellent as the older man who is recalling the movies. Julie Gayet makes a luminous contribution as Camille. Henri Garcin, is the servant Firmin, a crazy combination of servant and personal assistant. Mathieu Demy, the director's son appears as the aspiring director, Mica.

Ms. Varda created a light film about making movies. The material covers many years of film making, not only in France, but in America, and other places as well. It is indeed a sentimental journey that no cinema fan should miss.

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