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Bookmark this pageGueule d'Amour (1937)
Director: Jean Grémillon
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From Time Out Film Guide
When Gabin chances to return - older, sadder and in unbecoming civvies - to the shady bar where, as a legionnaire, he once held sway, a taxi-girl remarks incredulously (and callously) on his former reputation as the garrison's Don Juan. The intense poignancy of this 'privileged moment' is symptomatic of the way in which both actor and director have revitalised what is basically a trite, off-the-peg melodrama about a man destroyed by his passion for a woman.Author: GAd
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- Helen M said...
- Posted on Dec 13 2007 20:20 This film is excellent. The book it is taken from is also excellent but unfortunately not (yet) translated into English. I live in the area in which it takes place. Well worth interest in the people concerned, both with book and film.
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Cast & crew
Director: Jean Grémillon
Producer: Raoul Ploquin
Cast: Jean Gabin, Mireille Balin, René Lefèvre, Marguerite Deval, Jeanne Marken, Jean Aymé full cast
Duration: 102 mins
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