Les sieges de l'Alcazar
1989·France·52 min.
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The setting is 1955 Paris. Guy, played to perfection by Olivier Maltinti, is a movie critic for the magazine "Cahiers du Cinéma" and is especially fond of Italian director Vittorio Cottafavi, whose work he considers far superior to Michelangelo Antonioni's films. The unlikely place he frequents to watch movies is the Alcazar, a small theater in a Parisian suburb, run by an elderly couple. But one day, a new regular visitor comes to the Alcazar. It's Jeanne, movie critic of the rival magazine "Positif” ("Cahiers" and "Positif" were actually the leading magazines in those days), who - to Guy's disgust - is a big fan of Antonioni. They quibble about movies but somehow he is intrigued by her...
DirectorLuc Moullet
ScreenwriterLuc Moullet
CinematographyRichard Copans
CastOlivier Maltinti·Sabine Haudepin·Micha Bayard·Dominique Zardi·Jean Abeillé·Luc Moullet·Elizabeth Moreau
Original titleLes sieges de l'Alcazar