Une chambre en ville is a 1982 French film directed by Jacques Demy

Jacques Demy

Jacques Demy was one of the most approachable filmmakers to appear in the wake of the French New Wave. Uninterested in the formal experimentation of Alain Resnais, or the political agitation of Jean-Luc Godard, Demy instead created a self-contained fantasy world closer to that of François...

. It is a musical in which every line of dialogue is sung. The film won the Prix Méliès

French Syndicate of Cinema Critics

The French Syndicate of Cinema Critics has awarded 4 prizes - the Prix Méliès annually since 1946 to the best French film of the year. The Prix Léon Moussinac, awarded to the Best Foreign Film category was added in 1967...

, and was nominated for nine César Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Most Promising Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Music, Best Production Design and Best Sound.

Plot

The story is set during a workers' strike in Nantes in 1955. Steel worker François Guilbaud is one of the strikers, and he rents a room from Margot Langlois, a widow who sympathizes with the strikers although she is herself upper-class. He has a pregnant girlfriend named Violette Pelletier, to whom he becomes less and less attracted, and abandons. When he tries to defend his behaviour, she feels she is treated even more unjustly. He meets Edith Leroyer, a beautiful working-class girl who is unhappily married to a rich but impotent and neurotic merchant, and a part-time prostitute. Unbeknownst to him she is the daughter of the widow. He first meets her in the street and one night she shows up in his room, wearing only her fur coat. They fall instantly in love, but their great passion lasts only one night, for during the demonstration he is shot by the police and dies in Edith's arms.

Cast

• Dominique Sanda
  Dominique Sanda
  Dominique Sanda is a French actress and former fashion model.Sanda was born as Dominique Marie-Françoise Renée Varaigne in Paris to Lucienne and Gérard Varaigne...
  
   - Edith Leroyer
• Danielle Darrieux
  Danielle Darrieux
  Danielle Yvonne Marie Antoinette Darrieux is a French actress and singer, who has appeared in more than 110 films since 1931. She is one of France's great movie stars and her eight-decade career is among the longest in film history....
  
   - Margot Langlois
• Richard Berry
  Richard Berry (actor)
  Richard Berry is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. He has appeared in nearly 100 films since 1972. He starred in The Violin Player, which was entered into the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
  
   - François Guilbaud
• Michel Piccoli - Edmond Leroyer
• Fabienne Guyon - Violette Pelletier
• Anna Gaylor - Madame Pelletier
• Jean-François Stévenin
  Jean-François Stévenin
  Jean-François Stévenin is a French actor. He has appeared in 150 films and television shows since 1968. He starred in the film Cold Moon, which was entered into the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:* Out 1...
  
   - Dambiel
• Jean-Louis Rolland - Ménager
• Marie-France Roussel - Mme Sforza
• Georges Blaness - Chef des CRS
• Yann Dedet - Ouvrier
• Nicolas Hossein - Ouvrier
• Gil Warga - Ouvrier
• Antoine Mikola - Ouvrier
• Marie-Pierre Feuillard - Femme à l'enfant