Alain, “a young wolf”, elegant and racy, is maintained by the princess Linzani. Read More »
Tag Archives: Marcel Carné
Daybreak AKA Le jour se lève (1939) Marcel Carné, Jean Gabin, Jacqueline Laurent, Arletty
Francois, a sympathetic factory worker, kills Valentin with a gun. Read More »
Juliette, or Key of Dreams AKA Juliette ou La clef des songes (1951) Marcel Carné, Gérard Philipe, Suzanne Cloutier, Jean-Roger Caussimon
Michel has stolen from his employer, Mr Bellanger, for the love of Juliette. Read More »
Marie of the Port AKA La Marie du Port (1950) Marcel Carné, Jean Gabin, Blanchette Brunoy, Nicole Courcel
Henri Chatelard is well in his forties, owns a restaurant and a cinema in the city Read More »
Gates of the Night AKA Les portes de la nuit (1946) Marcel Carné, Pierre Brasseur, Serge Reggiani, Yves Montand
It’s Paris in the winter after its liberation. A tramp, pretending to be Destiny Read More »
Law Breakers AKA Les assassins de l’ordre (1971) Marcel Carné, Jacques Brel, Catherine Rouvel, Paola Pitagora
In France, the position of “magistrate” resembles that of the American district attorney Read More »
Air of Paris AKA L’air de Paris (1954) Marcel Carné, Jean Gabin, Arletty, Roland Lesaffre
Once a professional boxer, Victor now has only one ambition: to coach a young amateur boxer to become a true champion. Read More »
Children of Paradise AKA Les enfants du paradis (1945) Marcel Carné, Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur
Strolling indolently around the 1830s vibrant Parisian avenue called the Boulevard du Crime Read More »
The Cheaters (1958) Marcel Carné, Pascale Petit, Andréa Parisy, Jacques Charrier
Bob Letellier, a good looking rich kid who studies science, makes the acquaintance of Alain, a cynical and immoral young man. Read More »
The Marvelous Visit (1974) Marcel Carné, Gilles Kohler, Roland Lesaffre, Debra Berger
Jean stars as an angel who has fallen from heaven and landed in a picturesque French village. Read More »
Bizarre, Bizarre (1937) Marcel Carné, Louis Jouvet, Françoise Rosay, Michel Simon, Comedy
In Victorian London, the botanist Irwin Molyneux and his wife Margaret Molyneux are bankrupted but still keeping the appearance due to the successful crime novels Read More »
Le quai des brumes / Port of Shadows (1938) Marcel Carné, Jean Gabin, Michel Simon, Michèle Morgan, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Life’s a rotten business, says Jean, a deserter who arrives at night in Le Havre, looking to leave the country. Read More »
Terrain vague / Wasteland (1960) Marcel Carné, Danièle Gaubert, Roland Lesaffre, Maurice Caffarelli, Drama
The members of a criminal gang teenagers gather every day in an old warehouse, where the girl that leads gives the appropriate commands for each day. Read More »
Jenny (1936) Marcel Carné
When her fiancé breaks off their engagement, Danielle leaves London and returns to her mother, Jenny, in Paris. With her business partner Benoît, Jenny runs what appears to be a respectable nightclub – it is in fact a place where wealthy men can buy the favours of attractive young women. Oblivious to her mother’s professional and personal life, Danielle meets a handsome young man named Lucien, and falls in love with him – not realising that he is Jenny’s lover…
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Thérèse Raquin / The Adultress (1953) Marcel Carné, Simone Signoret, Raf Vallone, Jacques Duby
Therese has a boring life. She married Camille, her cousin, a sickly haberdasher, fully dominated by his mother (who lives with them). She dreams about passion. One day comes a truckdriver, Laurent… and of course they fall in love. But they will be pursued by fate.
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