Le jour se lève
1940 Directed by Marcel Carné
Synopsis
Francois, a sympathetic factory worker, kills Valentin with a gun. He locked himself in his furnished room and starts remembering how he was led to murder. He met once Francoise, a young fleurist, and they fell in love. But Francoise was gotten round by Valentin, a dog trainer, a machiavellian guy...
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Not as good as his later film Children of Paradise, but Carne still produces a movie well worth watching. The ubiquitous Jean Gabin plays the everyman to perfection.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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Probably the most succinct blueprint for Poetic Fatalism (though Port of Shadows came first), Le Jour Se Leve contains one of the most innovative uses of flashback in cinema history, made all the more trailblazing by its insistence on shifting its sympathy between characters at what feels like the drop of a hat.
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"Marcel Carné's photography and Jean Gabin's acting are wonderful in this film. We know at the beginning of the film that Francois (Gabin) has murdered another man, through flashbacks we find out why. Definitely one for Gabin fans."
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Beautiful, exciting, funny and tragic.
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“You're the type women fall in love with . . . I'm the type that interests them. “
Et gjensyn med Gabin fra # 106 - Le Grande Illusion og # 112 - Pepe Le Moko
Francois, en sympatisk fabrikkarbeider dreper Valentin med å skyte ham ned. Han låser seg inn i en leilighet og reflekterer tilbake til hva som førte ham til drapet.
Først og fremst en film om kjærlighetsforhold og arbeiderklassen. Historien om en vanlig manns hverdag som krasjer med livets brutale nedgang. Gabin var franskmennenes svar på Bogart, som ble en stor stjerne senere i Usa. Filmen brukte ”flashbacks” som var temmelig ny fortellerteknikk den gang da. Den havner under den franske filmbevegelsen ”poetisk realisme” som var… -
A masterful poetic realist masterpiece.