1980 · drama · war · romance
The Last Metro
Directed by François Truffaut2h 11m1980
In occupied Paris, an actress wed to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.
Our read: The Last Metro (1980) reads as a neutral, kinetic, grounded drama · war · romance entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured drama / war, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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