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Tag Archives: Jean Grémillon
Guard! Alert! (1937) Jean Grémillon

A girl, left pregnant by a seducer, sets off to look for him when the child is born. Read More »
The Lighthouse Keepers (1929) Jean Grémillon

Two lighthouse keepers (the father and the son) are to spend one entire month in the middle of the sea near the coasts of Brittany Read More »
The Love of a Woman / L’amour d’une femme (1953) Jean Grémillon, Micheline Presle, Massimo Girotti, Gaby Morlay

Marie Prieur, a young doctor, decides to settle down on Ushant, a remote island belonging to Brittany. Read More »
Dainah the Mixed / Daïnah la métisse (1932) Jean Grémillon, Charles Vanel, Habib Benglia, Gaston Dubosc

Shades of Othello loom in this engrossing exploration of class, race, and murder set on an ocean liner. Read More »
White Shanks / Pattes blanches (1949) Jean Grémillon, Suzy Delair, Fernand Ledoux, Paul Bernard

An eccentric man (Paul Bernard) endangers himself when he makes advances Read More »
Strange M. Victor / L’étrange Monsieur Victor (1938) Jean Grémillon, Raimu, Pierre Blanchar, Madeleine Renaud

A merchant from Toulon (Raimu) of honorable appearance is in fact a receiver for a band of criminals. Read More »
Little Lise AKA La petite Lise (1930) Jean Grémillon, Pierre Alcover, Joe Alex, Alex Bernard

Victor Berthier, a good man but also a very jealous one, killed his wife in a fit of jealousy. Read More »
Le 6 juin à l’aube (1946) Jean Grémillon

The film starts by a visit to bucolic Normandy before the events. Read More »
Lady Killer (1937) Jean Grémillon, Jean Gabin, Mireille Balin, Pierre Etchepare

Lucien Bourrache, a good looking non-commissioned officer at the Spahis, is used to charm many women. Read More »
Stormy Waters (1941) Jean Grémillon, Jean Gabin, Madeleine Renaud, Michèle Morgan

Andre Laurent, the captain of a tugboat, married Yvonne ten years ago. She has a heart disease but does not want to tell him. Read More »
Lumière d’été (1943) Jean Grémillon, Madeleine Renaud, Pierre Brasseur, Madeleine Robinson

A shimmering glass hotel at the top of a remote Provençal mountain provides the setting for a tragicomic tapestry about an obsessive love pentangle Read More »
The Woman Who Dared (1944) Jean Grémillon, Madeleine Renaud, Charles Vanel, Jean Debucourt, Drama

Within this uplifting romantic play, the spouse of a mechanic and former fighter pilot falls in love with the notion of flying herself. Read More »
For One Cents Worth of Love (1932) Jean Grémillon, André Baugé, Josseline Gaël, Charles Dechamps, Comedy, Musical

A millionaire, in love with an innocent girl,does not want to be loved for his money. Read More »