© 2026 The Couch Critic
Status
Released
Release
1974
Runtime
1h 40m
Available options inUS
We couldn't find any streaming, rent, or buy options for this content in US
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.
26 Cast Members
Jeanne Moreau
The Singer (segment "Quand l'amour meurt")
Nino Formicola
The Bum (segment "Le dernier réveillon")
Milly
Female Bum (segment "Le dernier réveillon")
Fernand Sardou
Duvallier (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")
Françoise Arnoul
Isabelle Duvallier (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")
Marguerite Cassan
Émilie (segment "La cireuse électrique")
Pierre Olaf
Gustave, the Husband (episode "La cireuse électrique")
Jacques Dynam
Jules, the Second Husband (segment "La cireuse électrique")
Jean Carmet
Doctor Féraud (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")
Dominique Labourier
Paulette (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")
Roland Bertin
Gontran (segment "Le dernier réveillon")
André Dumas
le Gérant (segment "Le dernier réveillon")
Jean-Louis Tristan
le Représentant (segment "La cireuse électrique")
Roger Trapp
Max Vialle (segment "Le dernier réveillon")
Robert Lombard
Le maître d'hôtel (segment "Le dernier réveillon")
Paul Bisciglia
Un clochard (segment "Le dernier réveillon")
Lisa Livane
Un amoureux/Young Man (segment "La cireuse électrique") (as Claude Guillaume)
Denis Gunsbourg
Un amoureux/Young Man (segment "La cireuse électrique")
Jean-Louis Tristan
Le représentant/Agent (segment "La cireuse électrique")
Edmond Ardisson
César, le chemineau/The Tramp (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")
