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Make Room for Tomorrow (1979)
Directed by Peter Kassovitz
Drama, Comedy · 1h 45m
Four generations of Oppenheim men gather in Paris for Isaac's 90th birthday. He's "Romeo," still a lady's man, waiting to hear from a woman to whom he has proposed, threatening suicide if she says no. They gather at Isaac's grandson's, Ben, who lives with Peggy and their son Mathias who's 10. Joining them, from Israel, is Isaac's son Elie. Against a backdrop of Elie's attempts to call his ex-wife, Ben and Peggy's marital difficulties, Mathias's budding sexuality, everyone's love of chess and practical jokes, Ben's house (shifting dangerously on its foundation), and the twentieth-century struggles of the Jews, the film explores their relationships and Isaac's aging.
Cast
Victor Lanoux
Ben Oppenheim
Jane Birkin
Peggy
Georges Wilson
Eric Oppenheim
Henri Crémieux
Isaac 'Roméo' Oppenheim
Mathieu Kassovitz
Mathias Oppenheim
Patrick Chesnais
Billy
Yvonne Clech
Irène Boyer
Jean-Pierre Coffe
Brigitte's Husband
Florence Giorgetti
Brigitte
Odette Laure
L'employée des Postes
Crew
- Director
- Peter Kassovitz
- Writer
- Peter Kassovitz, Elie Pressmann, Chantal Rémy
- Director of Photography
- Étienne Szabo
- Original Music Composer
- Georges Moustaki
- Editor
- Chantal Rémy
- Producer
- Victor Lanoux
Details
- Original title
- Au bout du bout du banc
- Release date
- 1979-06-06
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Les Films de la Tour, Les Films de la Drouette