The Green Room is a movie directed by François Truffaut in 1978 and based on the book The Altar of the Dead by Henry James, first published in 1895. The movie features François Truffaut, Nathalie Baye, Jean Dasté, Patrick Maléon, Jeanne Lobre, Antoine Vitez, and others.
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Storyline
In a small French town at the close of the 1920s, Julien Davenne, a journalist, grapples with the loss of his wife Julie, who passed away a decade earlier. He carefully assembles all of Julie’s belongings in the green room. However, when a fire ravages the room, he decides to refurbish a small chapel, dedicating it to the memory of Julie and other departed individuals in his life.
Genres
Movie vs Book
Year
1978
Minutes
94
Movie Rate
7.00
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Green Room
Original title: La chambre verte
Director: François Truffaut
Country: France
Year: 1978
Length: 1h34m
Year
1895
Pages
40
Book Rate
6.94
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Book
The Altar of the Dead
Author: Henry James
Country: USA
First published in: 1895
Length: 40 pages
Genre: Fiction
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“If I want to write a movie, I'll write a screenplay, but if I have an idea for a book, it's something that I think can only be done novelistically.”
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