The Seats of the Alcazar

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.

Cast

Olivier Maltinti

as Guy Moscardo

Elizabeth Moreau

as Jeanne Cavalero

Sabine Haudepin

as Angela

Dominique Zardi

as The cinema director

Micha Bayard

as The cinema usher

Richard Martin-Jordan

as A movie buff

Jean Abeillé

as The commissioner

Jean-Luc Caron

as A movie buff

Antoine Desrosières

as The Sam Newfield fan

Théo Trifard

as Cinephile with ink

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