Port of Shadows

Movie

1938

1h 33m

French

Drama, Romance, Crime

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7.8

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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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Port of Shadows

Movie

1938

1h 33m

French

Drama, Romance, Crime

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Cast

Jean

Zabel

Nelly

Lucien

Panama

Quart Vittel

The Painter

The Doctor

A Girl

Hotel Manager

The Client

le chauffeur

Directed By: Marcel Carné

Written By: Jacques Prévert (Screenplay), Pierre Mac Orlan (Novel)

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Maarten Delfgou says...

2 years ago

The original title of the film is Le quai des brumes

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Jay Shuai says...

one year ago

Hmmm…. Didn’t like this as much as the other Marvel Carne films I’ve seen - Les Enfants du Paradis, Daybreak, Hotel du Nord, but it’s watchable. It’s a bit slow and the plot takes a long time to get going. 5/10

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soonertbone says...

one year ago

Gabin was fantastic in La Grande Illusion and he cuts an even more striking figure in this dark movie by Marcel Carné. Maybe it’s the general atmosphere of the film, but Gabin’s face here is craggier than it was a year ago–he exudes a sense of weariness, of solidity that I found really gripping. That said, I found the overall picture to be a little so-so. The poetic realists see the world in a way I can’t quite relate to, and the dialogue is stilted and foreign. Throw in some plot points that don’t quite cohere (a murder mystery, some gangster emasculation) and I just didn’t love it. The love story began to come together in the second half once the flirtation evolved beyond abstraction and the cinematography was really beautiful-port of shadows, indeed.

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CinemaSerf

one year ago

Marcel Carné packs quite a lot into ninety minutes in this superior wartime thriller. It centres around the deserting soldier "Jean" (Jean Gabin) who arrives in Le Harve intending to seek a ship to some far flung neutral port. He needs clothes, though, and money, and food - and he is lucky to meet More

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