Vienna Cafe on Shaoxing Lu hosts its weekly film events every Thursday evening, bringing a variety of films from different languages and cultures to Shanghai.

On Thursday 15th October, we are going to screen French film The Last Metro (1980).

Set during the German occupation of Paris during the Second World War, it tells the story of Lucas Steiner, a Jewish theatre director and his Gentile wife, Marion Steiner, who struggles to keep him concealed from the Nazis in their theatre cellar while she performs his former job both as an actress and directing the company.[1]

The title The Last Métro (the last underground train) is a referral to the fact that during the occupation it was imperative that Parisians catch the last train (Métro) home. This was to avoid breaking the strict curfew imposed by the Nazis. During the winter months of occupied Paris, there was no way to obtain coal and the only manner in which people could keep warm was attending plays in theatres which ended just before the last train left.

Directed by François Truffaut

Stars Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Poiret, Heinz Bennent, Andréa Ferréol

French with English subtitles.

Time: 19:30 Thursday 15th October 2009

Location: Vienna Cafe, 25-2 Shaoxing Lu, near Shanxi Nan Lu.

Free event.

RSVP by phone required: 021 644 52 131.