In a village on the banks of the Rhone river, Alban, a young farmer, is about to marry Margot. Read More »
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Napoleon (1927) Abel Gance, Albert Dieudonné, Vladimir Roudenko, Edmond Van Daële
A massive six-hour biopic of Napoleon, tracing his career from his schooldays Read More »
Coeur fidèle / The Faithful Heart (1923) Jean Epstein, Léon Mathot, Gina Manès, Edmond Van Daële, Drama, Romance
Marie wants to escape from her job and also from her lover, Paul, an unemployed drunk. She dreams of going off with Jean, a dockworker. The two men quarrel and fight over Marie on two occasions, but Paul retains a hold over her. Marie has a baby who falls ill and as time goes on Jean and a crippled neighbor try to help the child. Paul nearly causes the death of the child whilst in a drunken stupor and in a final struggle that occurs, the crippled woman seizes Paul’s gun and shoots him dead.
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