The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir

Overview

Part One, "The Last Christmas Dinner," is about the relationship between an old man and an old woman, both homeless. Part Two, "The Electric Floor Polisher," is an opera-like story of a woman who is obsessed with polishing her floors. Part Three is a musical interlude featuring Jeanne Moreau singing "When Love Dies." Part Four, "The Virtue of Tolerance," concerns an old man, his young wife, and how they come to terms when she has an affair with a man her own age.

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Director

Jean Renoir

Cast

Jeanne Moreau

Nino Formicola

Milly

Fernand Sardou

Françoise Arnoul

Marguerite Cassan

Pierre Olaf

Jacques Dynam

Jean Carmet

Dominique Labourier