One Hundred and One Nights(Les Cent et Une Nuits de Simon Cinéma)
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United Kingdom, France · 1995
1h 45m
Director Agnès Varda
Starring Michel Piccoli, Marcello Mastroianni, Henri Garcin, Julie Gayet
Genre Comedy, History, Romance
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Centenarian Monsieur Cinema lives alone in a large villa, his memories of movie history fading away. He engages a young woman to tell him stories about all the movies ever made. As he relives the story of cinema, a line of iconic movie stars visit him.
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