Mar 29, 1989
53 min
Full-HD

The Seats of the Alcazar (1989)

A French man recalls his moviegoing adventures at a now defunct titular theater as a journalist for the film magazine Cahiers du Cinéma during the mid-1950s.

Category

Comedy History

Country

France

Companies

Les Films d'Ici La Sept Cinéma

Olivier Maltinti

Guy Moscardo

Elizabeth Moreau

Jeanne Cavalero

Sabine Haudepin

Angela

Dominique Zardi

The cinema director

Micha Bayard

The cinema usher

Richard Martin-Jordan

A movie buff

Jean Abeillé

The commissioner

Jean-Luc Caron

A movie buff

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