Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 151 min
- Language
- French
- Country
- France, Italy
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
During the French Revolution, a surprising company shares a coach, trying to catch up something - the time itself, perhaps.
- revolution
- french revolution
- royal family
- stagecoach
- 18th century
- costume drama
- aristocracy
- escape attempt
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Jean-Louis Barrault
Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne
Marcello Mastroianni
Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt
Hanna Schygulla
Countess Sophie de la Borde
Harvey Keitel
Thomas Paine
- Jean-Claude Brialy — Monsieur Jacob
- Andréa Ferréol — Madame Adélaïde Gagnon
- Jean-Louis Trintignant — Monsieur Sauce
- Michel Vitold — De Florange
- Laura Betti — Virginia Capacelli
- Enzo Jannacci — Italian clown
- Pierre Malet — Emile Delage, student revolutionary
- Daniel Gélin — De Wendel
- Hugues Quester — Jean-Louis Romeuf
- Dora Doll — Nanette Precy
- Caterina Boratto — Madame Faustine
- Directed
- Ettore Scola
- Written
- Sergio Amidei, Ettore Scola
Production
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 · 72 ratings
- Studio
- Gaumont, Opera Film Produzione
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
