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Le Jour Se Lève
Crime, Drama - 1939
7.8
91%
N/A
After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events the led him to the killing.
Director:
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Down a foggy, desolate road to the port city of Le Havre travels Jean, an army deserter looking for another chance to make good on life. Fate, however, has a different plan for him, as acts of both revenge and kindness render him front-page news.
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Hôtel du Nord
(1938)
A young couple, Renee and Pierre, take one night a room at the Hotel du Nord, in Paris, near the canal Saint-Martin. They want to die together, but having shot at Renee, Pierre lacked the courage to finish the job and fled. Another customer, Monsieur Edmond, a procurer, rescues her. When Renee goes out of the hospital, she is hired as ...
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Les Visiteurs du soir
(1942)
At the end of the 15th century, two minstrels Gilles and Dominique come from nowhere into the castle of Baron Hugues. Gilles charms Anne, Hughes' daughter, while Dominique charms both Hugues and Ann's fiance. Gilles and Dominique are not really in love : they are sent by the Devil to desperate people. But Ann is so pure that Gilles is ...
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(1937)
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Details

Rated:
NOT RATED
Runtime:
93 min
Release date:
9 Jun 1939
Country:
FR
Languages:
French
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
1 nomination.

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
The story is excellently conceived and planned.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
fresh:
This prototype of film noir, from 1939, is both a grim feast of prewar French acting and a catalogue of French moods on the eve of disaster.
– Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
10 Nov 2014
fresh:
Gorgeously melancholy, and not just because of its tragic love-triangle plot ...
– Stephanie Zacharek,
Village Voice,
11 Nov 2014
fresh:
Marcel Carne's classic work of poetic realism ...
– Anna King,
Time Out New York,
11 Nov 2014
fresh:
"Le Jour Se Leve" is an exploration of the question of who we love and why and how we love them that is surprisingly fresh and involving.
– Kenneth Turan,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Nov 2014
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