Directed by:
Claude SautetCinematography:
Jean BoffetyComposer:
Philippe SardeCast:
Yves Montand, Nicole Garcia, Jacques Villeret, Rosy Varte, Marie Dubois, Bernard Fresson, Yves Robert, Henri Génès, Hubert Deschamps, Annick Alane, Carlo Nell (more)Plots(1)
Alex, in his sixties, is the head waiter at a big Parisian brasserie. As he constantly comes and goes between the restaurant and the kitchens, between his friends and clients, Alex harbours his dreams, until the day he bumps into Claire, an old flame from seventeen years ago. (San Sebastian International Film Festival)
Cast
Yves Montand
Italy
Best movies:
Jean de Florette (1986)
Manon of the Spring (1986)
The Wages of Fear (1953)
Nicole Garcia
Algeria
Best movies:
Operation Ogre (1979)
Bolero (1981)
The Story of Marie and Julien (2003)
Jacques Villeret
France
Best movies:
The Dinner Game (1998)
Un amour de pluie (1974)
The Common Man (1975)
Rosy Varte
Turkey
Best movies:
Daisy Town (1971)
Lucky Luke: Ballad of the Daltons (1978)
Father's Trip (1966)
Marie Dubois
France
Best movies:
Don't Look Now: We're Being Shot At (1966)
Jules and Jim (1962)
Les Grandes Gueules (1965)
Bernard Fresson
France
Best movies:
To Each His Hell (1977)
The Longest Day (1962)
Mado (1976)
Yves Robert
France
Best movies:
Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Trop c'est trop (1975)
The Annuity (1972)
Henri Génès
France
Best movies:
Animal (1977)
Don't Look Now: We're Being Shot At (1966)
The Brain (1969)
Hubert Deschamps
France
Best movies:
The Man from Acapulco (1973)
The Spies (1957)
Dear Inspector (1978)
Annick Alane
France
Best movies:
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (series)
Germinal (1993)
The Three Brothers (1995)
Carlo Nell
Switzerland
Best movies:
Holy Year (1976)
The Common Man (1975)
The Cat (1971)
Simon de La Brosse
France
Best movies:
Betty Blue (1986)
Pauline at the Beach (1983)
The Hussy (1985)
Nicolas Vogel
France
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Mado (1976)
Cop or Hood (1979)
Jean-Claude Bouillaud
France
Best movies:
The Professional (1981)
My New Partner (1984)
Les Misérables (1995)
Pierre-Loup Rajot
France
Best movies:
To Our Loves (1983)
Next Summer (1985)
Jean Moulin (2002) (TV movie)
Chrystelle Labaude
Best movies:
Cape Fear (1991)
Maigret (1991) (series)
L'Amour en douce (1985)
Clémentine Célarié
Senegal
Best movies:
Two Is a Family (2016)
East Wind (1993)
Les Misérables (1995)
André Chaumeau
France
Best movies:
My Mother's Castle (1990)
Germinal (1993)
Bankers Also Have Souls (1982)
Georges Claisse
France
Best movies:
Is Paris Burning? (1966)
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (2013) - narrator
Time to Kill (1990)