Les Sièges de l'Alcazar

1989 · 54 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 226 VOTES · DIR. Luc Moullet

Les Sièges de l'Alcazar poster

Overview

Guy, film critic of the Cahiers du Cinéma and terminal cinephile, plans to write about the Vittorio Cottafavi retrospective at the Alcazar, his local cinema. One day he notices that Jeanne, film critic of Postif, the rival magazine, seems to be following him. He is intrigued-- is she interested in him, or planning to poach his praise for Cottafavi in her own article?

Dialogue Timeline — 493 lines

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00:00:06 THE SIEGES OF THE ALCAZAR
00:03:22 Come and get your sugared almonds.
00:06:55 I hoped she'd refuse, because I really wanted to see La Tour de Nesle.
00:09:24 Steel pipes can help you.
00:12:07 My God, she was going to write a long study on the art of Cottafavi
00:14:37 - What did you do? - Called him skinny-ribs.
00:15:47 But when he started speaking so softly
00:17:44 Had I enjoyed it solely because of the name Cottafavi?
00:19:57 "A camel to suit any budget" would be a good slogan for Camp Matifou.
00:22:18 That thing about the miner's strike?
00:24:11 Was she interested in me?
00:25:46 Don't die, Tamara. I'm here to look after you.
00:27:01 What a cheek! If I was called out every time a slot machine didn't work...
00:29:10 Don't exaggerate. Play the man his reel and let's be done with it.
00:31:00 and its reactionary substratum.
00:32:55 But with an overpowering pretentiousness.
00:34:29 In all my life, I've never read anything quite as pathetic.
00:36:12 He mustn't see us together.
00:39:04 One free pass. And one circle, please.
00:43:15 A unique design, the Tourbillon girdle is elasticated in all directions.
00:44:53 I came into a small inheritance. I have my own studio apartment.
00:46:55 You're so silly.
00:49:42 Tomorrow's a long way off. I'm in the present. I'm going to count to three.
01:09:00 that Centanni classified the disease

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed493
Dialogue density9.1 lines / min
First line00:00:06
Final line01:09:00

Production Record

DirectorLuc Moullet
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes226