The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir

Original title: Le Petit Théâtre de Jean Renoir

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Synopsis

Part One, "The Last Christmas Dinner," is about the relationship between an old man and an old woman, both homeless. Part Two, "The Electric Floor Polisher," is an opera-like story of a woman who is obsessed with polishing her floors. Part Three is a musical interlude featuring Jeanne Moreau singing "When Love Dies." Part Four, "The Virtue of Tolerance," concerns an old man, his young wife, and how they come to terms when she has an affair with a man her own age.

The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir cast

Jeanne Moreau

Character:

The Singer (segment "Quand l'amour meurt")
Nino Formicola

Character:

The Bum (segment "Le dernier réveillon")
Milly

Character:

Female Bum (segment "Le dernier réveillon")
Fernand Sardou

Character:

Duvallier (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")
Françoise Arnoul

Character:

Isabelle Duvallier (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")
Marguerite Cassan

Character:

Émilie (segment "La cireuse électrique")
Pierre Olaf

Character:

Gustave, the Husband (episode "La cireuse électrique")
Jacques Dynam

Character:

Jules, the Second Husband (segment "La cireuse électrique")
Jean Carmet

Character:

Doctor Féraud (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")
Dominique Labourier

Character:

Paulette (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")
Roland Bertin

Character:

Gontran (segment "Le dernier réveillon")
André Dumas

Character:

le Gérant (segment "Le dernier réveillon")
Jean-Louis Tristan

Character:

le Représentant (segment "La cireuse électrique")
Roger Trapp

Character:

Max Vialle (segment "Le dernier réveillon")
Robert Lombard

Character:

Le maître d'hôtel (segment "Le dernier réveillon")
Paul Bisciglia

Character:

Un clochard (segment "Le dernier réveillon")
Lisa Livane

Character:

Un amoureux/Young Man (segment "La cireuse électrique") (as Claude Guillaume)
Denis Gunsbourg

Character:

Un amoureux/Young Man (segment "La cireuse électrique")
Jean-Louis Tristan

Character:

Le représentant/Agent (segment "La cireuse électrique")
Edmond Ardisson

Character:

César, le chemineau/The Tramp (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")
Andrex

Character:

Blanc (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")
Roger Fregois

Character:

Jolly (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")
Pierre Gulda

Character:
Roland Martin

Character:
Jean Renoir

Character:

The Narrator/Host
Frédéric Santaya

Character: