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One Hundred and One Nights

One Hundred and One Nights

Comedy · Fantasy · 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.

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One Hundred and One Nights

1995 Comedy · Fantasy 1h 45m

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6.1 / 10

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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.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Agnès Varda

Written by

Agnès Varda

Michel Piccoli

Michel Piccoli

Simon Cinéma

Marcello Mastroianni

Marcello Mastroianni

The Italian Friend

Henri Garcin

Henri Garcin

Fermin

Julie Gayet

Julie Gayet

Camille Miralis

Mathieu Demy

Mathieu Demy

Camille

Emmanuel Salinger

Emmanuel Salinger

Vincent

Anouk Aimée

Anouk Aimée

Anouk

Court is in session

Put One Hundred and One Nights on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.