Le Dernier Métro (1980 François Truffaut)

A film which he wrote with Suzanne Schiffman is like La Nuit Américain only with a tense twist as we fear Heinz Bennent (who is living in the cellar) will be discovered at any minute - plus we suspect early on that Gerard Depardieu is up to something (we hope it's the Resistance).

Dramas of characters played out on stage. Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean-Louis Richard (the drama critic), Sabine Haudepin (the busy young actress), Jean Poiret (the director), Maurice Risch the stage manager, Andréa Ferréol, Richard Bohringer.

It won all the top Césars including actor / actress, and for Nestor Almendros, Martine Barraqué (editing), Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko (set).

Really rather good.