The Green Room (film)

The Green Room
Film poster
Directed by	François Truffaut
Produced by	François Truffaut
Written by	Henry James Jean Gruault Jean-Pierre Moulin François Truffaut
Starring	François Truffaut Nathalie Baye Jean Dasté
Music by	Maurice Jaubert
Cinematography	Néstor Almendros
Editing by	Martine Barraqué
Running time	94 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The Green Room (French: La chambre verte) is a 1978 French film directed by François Truffaut and based on the Henry James short story "The Altar of the Dead", in which a man becomes obsessed with the many dead people in his life and builds a memorial to honor them. This film is also based on other short story by Henry James, "The Beast in the Jungle". It would be the last film Truffaut would act in.

Cast

• François Truffaut - Julien Davenne
• Nathalie Baye - Cecilia Mandel
• Jean Dasté - Bernard Humbert
• Patrick Maléon - Georges
• Jeanne Lobre - Mme Rambaud (as Jane Lobre)
• Antoine Vitez - Bishop's secretary
• Jean-Pierre Moulin - Gerard Mazet
• Serge Rousseau - Paul Masigny
• Jean-Pierre Ducos - Priest in the mortuary room
• Annie Miller - Genevieve Mazet
• Nathan Miller - Genevieve Mazet's son
• Marie Jaoul - Yvonne Mazet
• Monique Dury - Monique
• Laurence Ragon - Julie Davenne
• Marcel Berbert - Dr. Jardine
• Guy D'Ablon - Dummy's maker
• Thi-Loan Nguyen - Apprentice (as Thi-Loan N'Guyen)
• Christian Lentretien - Speaker
• Henri Bienvenu - Gustave (usher)
• Alphonse Simon - One-legged man
• Anna Paniez - Anna (piano player)
• Carmen Sardá-Cánovas - Woman with rosary
• Jean-Claude Gasché - Police Officer
• Martine Barraqué - Nurse at saleroom
• Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko - Disabled man at saleroom
• Josiane Couëdel - Nurse at cemetery
• Roland Thénot - Disabled man at cemetery
• Gérard Bougeant - Cemetery's keeper

External links

• The Green Room at the Internet Movie Database