Make Room for Tomorrow
Au bout du bout du banc
Release: 1979-06-06
·Runtime: 105m
·★ 2.7
Drama
Comedy
Four generations of Oppenheim men gather in Paris for Isaac's 90th birthday. He's "Romeo," still a lady's man, waiting to hear from a woman to whom he has proposed, threatening suicide if she says no. They gather at Isaac's grandson's, Ben, who lives with Peggy and their son Mathias who's 10. Joining them, from Israel, is Isaac's son Elie. Against a backdrop of Elie's attempts to call his ex-wife, Ben and Peggy's marital difficulties, Mathias's budding sexuality, everyone's love of chess and practical jokes, Ben's house (shifting dangerously on its foundation), and the twentieth-century struggles of the Jews, the film explores their relationships and Isaac's aging.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Les Films de la Tour
Les Films de la Drouette
Cast
Victor Lanoux
as Ben Oppenheim
Jane Birkin
as Peggy
Georges Wilson
as Eric Oppenheim
Henri Crémieux
as Isaac 'Roméo' Oppenheim
Mathieu Kassovitz
as Mathias Oppenheim
Françoise Bertin
as La voisine
Patrick Chesnais
as Billy
Yvonne Clech
as Irène Boyer
Jean-Pierre Coffe
as Brigitte's Husband
Florence Giorgetti
as Brigitte
Odette Laure
as L'employée des Postes
Fred Pasquali
as M. Vallet
Georges Staquet
as Boyer
André Thorent
as Le maître d'hôtel espagnol
Rosine Young
as Ginette
Patrick Poivre d'Arvor
as Patrick Poivre d'Arvor
Sylvie Herbert
