Tag Archives: Marcel Carné

outstanding and controversial cinematic experience in the mid 1930s (film: Kermeze héroïque – Jacques Feyder, 1935)

‘La kermesse héroique‘ (‘Carnival in Flanders’ in the English distribution) was a completely unexpected discovery for me, especially since I knew almost nothing about any of the directors or actors who participated in the production with the exception of Louis … Continue reading

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a detective vaudeville (film: Drôle de drame – Marcel Carné, 1937)

‘Drôle de drame‘ (1937 – alternative title ‘Bizarre, Bizarre‘), the second film by French director Marcel Carné, has over time acquired the status of a cult film. Criticized and ignored upon its premiere in the tense years before World War … Continue reading

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between naturalistic and noir thriller (film: Thérèse Raquin – Marcel Carné, 1953)

‘Thérèse Raquin‘ (1953) (English title – ‘The Adultress‘) is Marcel Carné‘s third post-Prévert film. Connoisseur film fans consider it his latest remarkable film. It was produced by the famous Hakim brothers. Even though Jacques Prévert no longer wrote his screenplays … Continue reading

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