"The Last New Year's Eve" from The Little Theater by Jean Renoir (1970) Wealthy clients celebrate Christmas at the restaurant. One of them notices a tramp by the window. He gives her a ticket, but not out of kindness. He pays him to watch the dinner guests. What consequences will this cruel situation have? Renoir reminds us that wealth is not necessarily material ... Jean Renoir, sacred monster of French cinema, also worked for television. These three short films, close to the fable, tell the daily life of a housewife crazy about an electric shoe polisher, of homeless lovers, or that of a cuckold but understanding husband ... French society in the 1970s. Made for television, this film consists of four parts: Part One, "The Last Christmas Dinner," is about the relationship between an old man and an old woman, both homeless. Part Two, "The Electric Floor Polisher," is an opera-like story of a woman who is obsessed with polishing her floors. Part Three is a musical interlude featuring Jeanne Moreau singing "When Love Dies." Part Four, "The Virtue of Tolerance," concerns an old man, his young wife, and how they come to terms when she has an affair with a man her own age.