Directed by Julien Duvivier • 1939 • France
Starring Victor Francen, Michel Simon, Louis Jouvet

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.