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Le Quai des Brumes (1938)
Director: Marcel Carné
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From Time Out Film Guide
One reason the French picked up on American film noir so quickly in the late '40s was that they'd had their own films noirs a decade earlier: romantic crime thrillers in low-life settings, fatalistic in mood and fog-grey in atmosphere. Pépé le Moko launched the cycle in 1937 and made Gabin a star. Quai des Brumes clinched every last detail of the genre the following year. Gabin plays an army deserter who tries to protect Morgan from the criminal intentions of Simon and Brasseur. Shot almost entirely on its main studio set, a waterfront bar, the visuals have the same downbeat poetry as Jacques Prévert's dialogue. Those who know Gabin's glowering silences only from the clips in Mon Oncle d'Amérique have a revelation in store.Author: TR
Cast & crew
Director: Marcel Carné
Producer: Grégor Rabinovitch
Cast: Jean Gabin, Michèle Morgan, Michel Simon, Pierre Brasseur, Le Vigan, Aimos, Perez full cast
Genre(s): Film Noir
Duration: 89 mins
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