One Hundred and One Nights (1995)

Monsieur Cinema, a hundred years old, lives alone in a large villa. His memories fade away, so he engages a young woman to tell him stories about all the movies ever made. Also, a line of ... See full summary »

Director:

Agnès Varda

Writer:

Agnès Varda

Stars:

Michel Piccoli, Marcello Mastroianni, Henri Garcin

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michel Piccoli	...	Simon Cinéma
Marcello Mastroianni	...	L'ami italien / The Italian Friend
Henri Garcin	...	Firmin, le majordome / The butler
Julie Gayet	...	Camille Miralis
Mathieu Demy	...	Camille, dit Mica
Emmanuel Salinger	...	Vincent, revenant des Indes
Anouk Aimée	...	Anouk, en flash-back
Fanny Ardant	...	La star qui tourne la nuit
Jean-Paul Belmondo	...	Professeur Bébel
Romane Bohringer	...	La jeune fille en violet
Sandrine Bonnaire	...	La vagabonde métamorphosable
Jean-Claude Brialy	...	Le guide des Japonais
Patrick Bruel	...	Le premier orateur
Alain Delon	...	Alain Delon, en visite
Catherine Deneuve	...	La star-fantasme

Storyline

Monsieur Cinema, a hundred years old, lives alone in a large villa. His memories fade away, so he engages a young woman to tell him stories about all the movies ever made. Also, a line of movie stars comes to visit him, giving him back the pleasure of life, but amongst them, there are also some young students only striving after his money for the realization of their film projects. The two stories, Monsieur Cinema's and the young people's life, are told in parallel until they come together in the end, when the old man plays a role in the film made by the students.

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Plot Keywords:

costume | cinema | student | friend | memory | 

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Genres:

Comedy | History | Romance

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Details

Country:

UK France

Language:

French

Release Date:

25 January 1995 (France)

Also Known As:

One Hundred and One Nights

Filming Locations:

France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ciné Tamaris, France 3 Cinéma, Recorded Picture Company (RPC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Features Trapeze (1956)

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Soundtracks

Le Cine Va ... Le Cinema
Composed and Performed by Gerard Presgurvic
Lyrics by Agnes Varda

User Reviews

navel gazing? vacuous?

I love Agnes varda, her whimsy, her pluck, her imagination. But this film is one silly lemon that does not fit into to Varda's usually creative body of work. To be blunt, the film is only a pretext to get very famous names on the screen for 5 seconds or 5 minutes on a flimsy pretense of a script. Varda is lucky: she has the clout and longevity in cinema that allows her to call on all these big names and get an answer (heaven, even Robert de Niro and Harrison Ford showed up for their cameos!) but there is no plot, or a sophomoric one, and hardly any thread to get moved by. It is a nice collection of cinematic quotations, visual or oral, and a nutty collection of famous faces that were asked to show up probably only to increase the chances of this dud to interest any audience. It is light and inoffensive, but so silly at time that one is bewildered: all that time and money for this self absorbed nonsense? An homage to cinema? Naw. Mostly of waste of time for all involved. I am glad Varda has done many better films to be remembered by.