Completed - FRENCH - Crime, Romance, Drama - 91 minutes
One of the best movie of the Poetical Realism movement.
Year of production : 1938 Director(s) : Marcel CARNE Writer(s) : Jacques PREVERT, Pierre MAC ORLAN Cast : Michèle MORGAN, Jean GABIN, Michel SIMON Producer(s) : Gregor RABINOVITCH (CINE ALLIANCE)
Jean Gabin, (La Grande Illusion) a deserter, arrives in Le Havre and looks for a shelter before leaving the French territory. Housed in a shed on the harbour, at the end of the docks, he meets an eccentric painter and a mysterious and beautiful girl called Nelly (Morgan, The Fallen Idol)…From then on he will be trapped in a tragic destiny, in spite of his passion for Nelly and his will to live…This haunting pre-war drama was one of the key films that influenced Film Noir in 1940’s Hollywood.
Country(ies) : FRANCE
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