The Green Room

1h 30m 1978
The Green Room

Brief Synopsis

A man obsessed with death spends his entire life grieving over the loss of his young wife.

Cast & Crew

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François Truffaut

Director

François Truffaut

Nathalie Baye

Jean Dasté

Jean-pierre Moulin

Jane Lobre

Photos & Videos

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Green Room, The (1978) -- (Movie Clip) Must You Show The Child?
Dave Karger Intro -- The Green Room (1978)
Green Room, The (1978) -- (Movie Clip) We Love The Dead
Green Room, The (1978) -- (Movie Clip) Millions Of Deaths

Film Details

Also Known As
Det gröna rummet, Green Room, Vanishing Fiancee, The
MPAA Rating
Genre
Drama
Adaptation
Foreign
Release Date
1978

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 30m

Synopsis

A French little town, at the end of the twenties. Julien Davenne is a journalist whose wife Julie died a decade ago. He gathered in the green room all Julie's objects. When a fire destroys the room, he renovates a little chapel and devotes it to Julie and his other dead persons.

Director

François Truffaut

Director

Cast

François Truffaut

Nathalie Baye

Jean Dasté

Jean-pierre Moulin

Jane Lobre

Jean-pierre Kohut-svelko

Patrick Maleon

Annie Miller

Thi Loan Sarda-canovas

Martine Barraque

Laurence Ragon

Gerard Bougeant

Monique Dury

Anna Paniez

Antoine Vitez

Nathan Miller

Henri Bienvenu

Guy D'ablon

Christian Lentretien

Josiane Couedel

Roland Thenot

Jean-pierre Ducos

Marcel Berbert

Marie Jaoul

Jean-claude Gasche

Crew

Nestor Almendros

Cinematographer

Nestor Almendros

Dp/Cinematographer

Martine Barraque

Editor

Florent Bazin

Camera Assistant

Marcel Berbert

Associate Producer

Marcel Berbert

Production Manager

Daniel Braunschweig

Assistant Art Director

Emmanuel Clot

Assistant Director

Monique Dury

Costumes

Charles Freess

Other

Jean Gargonne

Assistant Editor

Christian Gasc

Costumes

Jean-claude Gasche

Electrician

Pierre Gompertz

Assistant Art Director

Jean Gruault

Screenplay

Henry James

Other

Maurice Jaubert

Music

Jean-pierre Kohut-svelko

Art Director

Michel Laurent

Sound Engineer

Jacques Maumont

Sound

Patrice Mestral

Music

Christine Pelle

Continuity

Francois Porcile

Technical Advisor

Jean-louis Poveda

Assistant Art Director

Suzanne Schiffman

Assistant Director

Roland Thenot

Associate Producer

Anne Trigaux

Cinematographer

Anne Trigaux

Dp/Cinematographer

François Truffaut

Screenplay

Jean-louis Ughetto

Sound Engineer

Videos

Movie Clip

Green Room, The (1978) -- (Movie Clip) Millions Of Deaths After a credit sequence comprised of stylized, grim World War I footage, director Francois Truffaut as journalist and veteran Davenne, supporting a friend (Bernard Humbert) at his wife's funeral, Jean-Pierre Ducos the priest, opening The Green Room, a.k.a. The Vanishing Fiancee', 1978.
Green Room, The (1978) -- (Movie Clip) Must You Show The Child? Shortly after the funeral of a friend's wife, small-town French journalist, World War I veteran and widower Davenne (director Francois Truffaut) with his landlady (Jeanne Lobre) and her son (Patrick Maleon), early in The Green Room, a.k.a. The Vanishing Fiancee', 1978.
Green Room, The (1978) -- (Movie Clip) We Love The Dead Following a sharp argument over living in the past, Cecilia (Nathalie Baye), newly reacquainted with widower Davenne (director Francois Truffaut), explains why she shares his point of view, in The Green Room a.k.a. The Vanishing Fiancee', 1978, adapted from a Henry James story.

Hosted Intro

Intro Aired: May 2019
Dave Karger Intro -- The Green Room (1978) TCM’s Dave Karger introduces The Green Room/B>, 1978.

Film Details

Also Known As
Det gröna rummet, Green Room, Vanishing Fiancee, The
MPAA Rating
Genre
Drama
Adaptation
Foreign
Release Date
1978

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 30m

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Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 1978

Released in United States 1999

Released in United States November 4, 1989

Released in United States on Video January 27, 1993

Released in United States November 4, 1989 (Shown at Alliance Francaise in New York City November 4, 1989.)

Shown at Alliance Francaise in New York City November 4, 1989.

Shown at New York Film Festival September-October 1978.

Released in United States 1978

Released in United States 1978 (Shown at New York Film Festival September-October 1978.)

Released in United States 1999 (Shown in New York City (Film Forum) as part of program "Tout Truffaut" April 23 - June 24, 1999.)

Released in United States on Video January 27, 1993

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