The Green Room (film)
Encyclopedia
The Green Room is a 1978
French film
directed by François Truffaut
and based on the Henry James
short story "The Altar of the Dead
", in which a man becomes obsessed with the many dead people in his life and builds a memorial to honor them. This film is also based on other short story by Henry James, "The Beast in the Jungle
". It would be the last film Truffaut would act in.
1978 in film
The year 1978 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 1 - Bob Dylan's film Renaldo and Clara, a documentary of the "Rolling Thunder Revue" tour premieres in Los Angeles, California....
French film
Cinema of France
The Cinema of France comprises the art of film and creative movies made within the nation of France or by French filmmakers abroad.France is the birthplace of cinema and was responsible for many of its early significant contributions. Several important cinematic movements, including the Nouvelle...
directed by François Truffaut
François Truffaut
François Roland Truffaut was an influential film critic and filmmaker and one of the founders of the French New Wave. In a film career lasting over a quarter of a century, he remains an icon of the French film industry. He was also a screenwriter, producer, and actor working on over twenty-five...
and based on the Henry James
Henry James
Henry James, OM was an American-born writer, regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. He was the son of Henry James, Sr., a clergyman, and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James....
short story "The Altar of the Dead
The Altar of the Dead
"The Altar of the Dead" is a short story by Henry James, first published in his collection Terminations in 1895. A fable of literally life and death significance, the story explores how the protagonist tries to keep the remembrance of his dead friends, to save them from being forgotten entirely in...
", in which a man becomes obsessed with the many dead people in his life and builds a memorial to honor them. This film is also based on other short story by Henry James, "The Beast in the Jungle
The Beast in the Jungle
The Beast in the Jungle is a 1903 novella by Henry James, first published as part of the collection, The Better Sort. Almost universally considered one of James' finest short narratives, this story treats appropriately universal themes: loneliness, fate, love and death...
". It would be the last film Truffaut would act in.
Cast
- François TruffautFrançois TruffautFrançois Roland Truffaut was an influential film critic and filmmaker and one of the founders of the French New Wave. In a film career lasting over a quarter of a century, he remains an icon of the French film industry. He was also a screenwriter, producer, and actor working on over twenty-five...
- Julien Davenne - Nathalie BayeNathalie BayeNathalie Marie Andrée Baye is a French film, television, and stage actress. After having dance and dramatic education, Baye began acting in 1970. She has appeared in more than 70 films. She won four César Awards for Sauve qui peut , Une étrange affaire , La Balance , and Le Petit Lieutenant...
- Cecilia Mandel - Jean DastéJean DastéJean Dasté, born Jean Georges Gustave Dasté, was an actor and theatre director....
- Bernard Humbert - Patrick Maléon - Georges
- Jeanne Lobre - Mme Rambaud (as Jane Lobre)
- Antoine VitezAntoine VitezAntoine Vitez was a French actor, director, and poet.He was born in Paris, France and became an actor at the age of 19. He was director of the Théâtre national de Chaillot for seven years before being named to head the Comedie Francaise, a French theater company.-References:...
- Bishop's secretary - Jean-Pierre Moulin - Gerard Mazet
- Serge RousseauSerge RousseauSerge Rousseau was a French film and television actor and agent. He was a close friend of François Truffaut. He played the husband of murdered Jeanne Moreau in The Bride Wore Black and the unknown man who declares his love for Claude Jade at the end of Stolen Kisses...
- Paul Masigny - Jean-Pierre Ducos - Priest in the mortuary room
- Annie Miller - Genevieve Mazet
- Nathan Miller - Genevieve Mazet's son
- Marie Jaoul - Yvonne Mazet
- Monique Dury - Monique
- Laurence Ragon - Julie Davenne
- Marcel Berbert - Dr. Jardine
- Guy D'Ablon - Dummy's maker
- Thi-Loan Nguyen - Apprentice (as Thi-Loan N'Guyen)
- Christian Lentretien - Speaker
- Henri BienvenuHenri BienvenuHenri Bienvenu Ntsama is a Cameroonian football striker who currently plays for Fenerbahçe.-Club Athlétique Bizertin:...
- Gustave (usher) - Alphonse Simon - One-legged man
- Anna Paniez - Anna (piano player)
- Carmen Sardá-Cánovas - Woman with rosary
- Jean-Claude Gasché - Police Officer
- Martine Barraqué - Nurse at saleroom
- Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko - Disabled man at saleroom
- Josiane Couëdel - Nurse at cemetery
- Roland Thénot - Disabled man at cemetery
- Gérard Bougeant - Cemetery's keeper