Make Room for Tomorrow
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.
Cast
Victor Lanoux
Ben Oppenheim
Jane Birkin
Peggy
Georges Wilson
Eric Oppenheim
Henri Crémieux
Isaac 'Roméo' Oppenheim
Mathieu Kassovitz
Mathias Oppenheim
Françoise Bertin
La voisine
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
Georges Staquet
Boyer
André Thorent
Le maître d'hôtel espagnol
Rosine Young
Ginette
Patrick Poivre d'Arvor
Sylvie Herbert
