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The End of the Day

The End of the Day

1939, Movie, 1h 39min

A bittersweet reflection on aging, mortality, and the memories and regrets that make up a lifetime, this affecting tragicomedy centers on a coterie of broke, washed-up actors now living in a retirement home where they relive their faded glory days on the stage with a twinge of melancholy. When once-renowned actor Raphaël Saint-Clair (Louis Jouvet) comes to join them, old rivalries are reawakened. The great Michel Simon delivers a typically memorable performance as the perpetual understudy who never got his big break.

Country: France

Director:

Julien Duvivier

Cast:

Philippe Richard,

François Périer

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You can stream The End of the Day on: The Criterion Channel

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as The End of the Day include The Keys of the Kingdom, The Grapes of Wrath, La escondida, Sex Madness, The Pace That Kills, The Song of Bernadette.

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The End of the Day was released in theaters on September 11, 1939.