Joe Gillis is a broke screenwriter who lives with creditors hot on his heels. Fleeing from them, he ends up hiding in a mansion in Hollywood. There lives Norma Desmond, a former silent film star who clings to a past that no longer exists. She is only accompanied by Max, her butler, who keeps alive a house full of memories. Norma discovers that Joe writes and offers him a job: he must revise the screenplay she has written to return to the screen. Joe, up to his neck in debt, stays. Billy Wilder directs the movie, with William Holden as Joe and Gloria Swanson as Norma.
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The youngest in the main cast: Nancy Olson, age 23 at release. The oldest: Franklyn Farnum, at 73.
Sources: Wikipedia (English) · Wikipedia (Spanish)
Main theme: cinema of the United States, film industry, ageing, movie star
It was released in 37 countries, each in its own language.
SpainEl crepúsculo de los dioses
FranceBoulevard du crépuscule
GermanyBoulevard der Dämmerung
ItalyViàł dal tramònt
MexicoEl ocaso de una vida
BrazilCrepúsculo dos Deuses
PortugalO Crepúsculo dos Deuses
Japanサンセット大通り
South Korea선셋 대로
China红楼金粉
RussiaБульвар Сансет
ArgentinaEl ocaso de una estrella
United StatesSunset Blvd.
ArmeniaՍանսեթ Բուլվար
Azerbaijanگون باتیمی بولواری
BulgariaБулевардът на залеза
CroatiaBulevar sumraka
Egyptسانسيت بوليفارد
EstoniaPäikeseloojangu bulvar
FinlandAuringonlaskun katu
Georgiaსანსეტ ბულვარი
GreeceΗ Λεωφόρος της Δύσης
Hong Kong紅樓金粉
HungaryAlkony sugárút
Iranغروب یک ستاره
Israelשדרות סאנסט
LatviaSanseta bulvāris
LithuaniaSaulėlydžio bulvaras
North MacedoniaБулевар на самракот
PolandBulwar Zachodzącego Słońca
RomaniaBulevardul amurgului
SerbiaБулевар сумрака
SloveniaBulvar somraka
Taiwan紅樓金粉
TurkeySunset Bulvarı
UkraineБульвар Сансет
VietnamĐại lộ Hoàng hônWhere the Story Takes Place
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No one leaves a star. That's what makes one a star.
We didn't need dialogue. We had faces!
There once was a time in this business when I had the eyes of the whole world! But that wasn't good enough for them, oh no! They had to have the ears of the whole world too. So they opened their big mouths and out came talk. Talk! TALK!
They took the idols and smashed them, the Fairbankses, the Gilberts, the Valentinos! And who've we got now? Some nobodies!
The stars are ageless, aren't they?
Without me, there wouldn't be any Paramount studio.
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