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Acting
Adjani's vanity is a weapon; Depardieu's cowardice is delicious.
Production
1940 Paris recreated with champagne budget and nervous energy.
Direction
Rappeneau juggles six subplots like the world's collapsing.

Director
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
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