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Not since Francois Truffaut's "Day for Night" has there been a more loving and jubilant tribute to cinema. The wonderful Michel Piccoli plays an aging legendary actor/director/producer who lives in a glorious country estate, where movie memorabilia line his walls, and famous French and international celebrities drop by daily for visits. Some of the celebrities include Marcello Mastroianni, Gerard Depardieu, Jeanne Moreau, Hannah Schygulla, Alain Delon, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Gina Lollobrigida, and Catherine Deneuve. To name a few! In fact, one of the films' highlights includes a fantasy scene with Deneuve and Robert DeNiro in an elegant boat on an elegant pond, acting like a husband and wife on holiday. DeNiro is speaking French by the way!

The film is simply a tribute to cinema, with all the magic of art direction, music, scenery and of course talent, mixed in a menagerie of reality and fantasy. There's a somewhat uninteresting subplot between a young couple, but the magic induced by all the elements mentioned is intoxicating enough to leave your head swimming for days. This film has that perfect touch that most French films have of being simultaneously sentimental and sophisticated. A perfect balance. The film is more enjoyable if one is well familiar with French cinema, but there's plenty of mention of, and highlights of Hollywood films too. Overall, it is a joy on any level

　素有「新浪潮祖母」之称的导深安妮华达，以拟迈化及不受考据限制的嘉剧风格，来表达「电影一百周年」这个严肃的主题。已经一百岁的电影先生有感于生命稍纵即逝，遂雇用年轻女孩卡蜜帮助他对一百年来的电影纪事做一番回顾。家里就是一座博物馆的电影先生，对电影如数家珍，完全沉溺在往的的电影情怀中。卡蜜除了每天接受电影洗礼外，更因电影先生的关系，经常接触到许多大明星，如马斯楚安尼、杰哈德巴狄厄、凯萨琳丹妮芙、劳勃狄尼洛等，甚至连亚兰德伦听到电影先生病了都特地赶来看他……

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