Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 219 min
- Language
- French
- Country
- France
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
Aimless young Alexandre juggles his relationships with his girlfriend, Marie, and a casual lover named Veronika. Marie becomes increasingly jealous of Alexandre's fling with Veronika and as the trio continues their unsustainable affair, the emotional stakes get higher, leading to conflict and unhappiness.
- love triangle
- conflict
- black and white
- cafe
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Jacques Renard — Alexandre's Friend
- Jean-Noël Picq — Offenbach's Fan
- Berthe Granval — Marie's Friend
- Geneviève Mnich — Veronika's Friend
- Jessa Darrieux — The friend with the injured hand
- Marinka Matuszewski
- Jean-Claude Biette — Café Les Deux Magots' Customer (uncredited)
- Pierre Cottrell — (uncredited)
- Jean Douchet — Café de Flore's Customer (uncredited)
- Bernard Eisenschitz — Café de Flore's Customer (uncredited)
- Jean Eustache — Man in Sunglasses in Store (uncredited)
- Directed
- Jean Eustache
- Written
- Jean Eustache
Production
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 · 204 ratings
- Studio
- V. M. Productions, Ciné Qua Non, Les Films du Losange, Simar Films, Elite Film
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.
