The film won the Prix Méliès, and was nominated for nine César Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Most Promising Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Music, Best Production Design and Best Sound.
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The story is set during a workers' strike in Nantes in 1955. Young shipyard worker François Guilbaud is one of the strikers, and he rents a room from Madame Langlois, a widow who sympathizes with the strikers although she is herself upper-class, born a baroness. His girlfriend Violette Pelletier, who works in a shop and lives with her mother, wants to get married but he is unwilling, partly because they have no money and nowhere to live.
In the street François is accosted by a beautiful woman wearing only a fur coat. This is Édith Leroyer, unhappily married to the owner of a television shop, who has taken to part-time prostitution. The two have a blissful night together in a cheap hotel and fall in love.
In the morning Violette comes looking for François because she has learned she is pregnant, but he tells her he loves another woman. Meanwhile, Édith, going back to her husband's shop to collect some things and leave him, has a terrible row with him during which he cuts his throat. She flees back to her mother, who is François' landlady. Next morning, François joins a demonstration which is broken up by the police and is fatally injured. His workmates carry him up to the flat of the baroness, where he dies in the arms of Édith. Unable to live without him, she shoots herself.
room, town, chambre, ville, also, known, 1982, french, musical, drama, film, written, directed, jacques, demy, with, music, michel, colombier, starring, dominique, sanda, danielle, darrieux, michel, piccoli, against, backdrop, workers, strike, 1955, nantes, li. Une chambre en ville also known as A Room in Town is a 1982 French musical drama film written and directed by Jacques Demy with music by Michel Colombier and starring Dominique Sanda Danielle Darrieux and Michel Piccoli It is set against the backdrop of a workers strike in 1955 Nantes Like Demy s most famous film The Umbrellas of Cherbourg it is an operetta musical in which every line of dialogue is sung However unlike Cherbourg Chambre is closer to tragedy with a darker more explicitly political tone Une chambre en villeTheatrical release posterDirected byJacques DemyWritten byJacques DemyProduced byChristine Gouze RenalStarringDominique SandaDanielle DarrieuxRichard BerryMichel PiccoliCinematographyJean PenzerEdited bySabine MamouMusic byMichel ColombierDistributed byProgefiTF1Union Generale CinematographiqueRelease date27 October 1982 1982 10 27 Running time90 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrench The film won the Prix Melies and was nominated for nine Cesar Awards Best Film Best Director Most Promising Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Cinematography Best Music Best Production Design and Best Sound Plot editThe story is set during a workers strike in Nantes in 1955 Young shipyard worker Francois Guilbaud is one of the strikers and he rents a room from Madame Langlois a widow who sympathizes with the strikers although she is herself upper class born a baroness His girlfriend Violette Pelletier who works in a shop and lives with her mother wants to get married but he is unwilling partly because they have no money and nowhere to live In the street Francois is accosted by a beautiful woman wearing only a fur coat This is Edith Leroyer unhappily married to the owner of a television shop who has taken to part time prostitution The two have a blissful night together in a cheap hotel and fall in love In the morning Violette comes looking for Francois because she has learned she is pregnant but he tells her he loves another woman Meanwhile Edith going back to her husband s shop to collect some things and leave him has a terrible row with him during which he cuts his throat She flees back to her mother who is Francois landlady Next morning Francois joins a demonstration which is broken up by the police and is fatally injured His workmates carry him up to the flat of the baroness where he dies in the arms of Edith Unable to live without him she shoots herself Cast editDominique Sanda Edith Leroyer Danielle Darrieux Margot Langlois Richard Berry Francois Guilbaud Michel Piccoli Edmond Leroyer Fabienne Guyon Violette Pelletier Anna Gaylor Madame Pelletier Jean Francois Stevenin Dambiel Jean Louis Rolland Menager Marie France Roussel Mme Sforza Georges Blaness Chef des CRS Yann Dedet Ouvrier Nicolas Hossein Ouvrier Gil Warga Ouvrier Antoine Mikola Ouvrier Marie Pierre Feuillard Femme a l enfantExternal links editA Room in Town at IMDb nbsp A Room in Town at AllMovie Une chambre en ville Love and Death an essay by Geoff Andrew at the Criterion Collection nbsp This article related to a French film of the 1980s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a musical film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title A Room in Town amp oldid 1184275768, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
