Film

Make Room for Tomorrow

1979 · 1h 45m · Drama · Comedy

IMDb

4.6

Four generations of Oppenheim men gather in Paris for Isaac's 90th birthday. He's "Romeo," still a lady's man, waiting to hear from a woman to whom he has proposed, threatening suicide if she says no. They gather at Isaac's grandson's, Ben, who lives with Peggy and their son Mathias who's 10. Joining them, from Israel, is Isaac's son Elie. Against a backdrop of Elie's attempts to call his ex-wife, Ben and Peggy's marital difficulties, Mathias's budding sexuality, everyone's love of chess and practical jokes, Ben's house (shifting dangerously on its foundation), and the twentieth-century struggles of the Jews, the film explores their relationships and Isaac's aging.

Victor Lanoux

Ben Oppenheim

Jane Birkin

Peggy

Georges Wilson

Eric Oppenheim

Henri Crémieux

Isaac 'Roméo' Oppenheim

Mathieu Kassovitz

Mathias Oppenheim

Françoise Bertin

La voisine

Chloé Caillat

Reinhold

Patrick Chesnais

Billy

Yvonne Clech

Irène Boyer

Jean-Pierre Coffe

Brigitte's Husband

Florence Giorgetti

Brigitte

Odette Laure

L'employée des Postes

Fred Pasquali

M. Vallet

Patrice Minet

Le facteur

Georges Staquet

Boyer

André Thorent

Le maître d'hôtel espagnol

• Peter KassovitzDirector · Writer
• Elie PressmannWriter
• Chantal RémyWriter · Editor
• Victor LanouxProducer
• Étienne SzaboDirector of Photography
• Georges MoustakiOriginal Music Composer

Release date

June 6, 1979

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 45m

Genres

Drama, Comedy