Les Portes de la Nuit (1946)
Genre: Drama
Duration: 100 minuten
Alternative title: Gates of the Night
Country:
France
Directed by: Marcel Carné
Stars: Pierre Brasseur, Yves Montand and Nathalie Nattier
IMDb score:
7,1 (1.446)
Releasedate: 3 December 1946
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Les Portes de la Nuit plot
Jean Diego is a resistance hero who, in post-war Paris, encounters a clochard posing as 'the Destiny' and predicts that he will meet a beautiful woman, but that this will lead to disastrous consequences. In the evening he indeed meets the beautiful Malou, the unfortunate wife of a black merchant. Her brother Guy turns out to be a collaborator and the one who betrayed Jean Diego's friend Raymond to the Gestapo...
Actors and actresses
Georges
Guy Sénéchal
Jean Diego
Malou
Monsieu Sénéchal
Raymond Lécuyer
Le clochard / La fortune
Claire Lécuyer
Mme Germaine
Étiennette
Reviews & comments
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The night opens the gate to happiness and unhappiness, love and hate...
The umpteenth collaboration between Marcel Carné and Jacques Prévert (screenplay and dialogues) resulted first and foremost in a visually very beautiful film with some fantasy (the clochard "Destin") and secondly the experiences during one night of a few people, who how are connected in some way or another.
A whole cast of important French actors, with the young Yves Montand in particular standing out. Clearly still a bit awkward, just like Serge Reggiani and what about the teenage girl Dany Robin in love.
The impact of WWII and collaboration were very topical at the time of the film's release and play an important role in the intrigue of this film, although not a masterpiece, but certainly worth watching.
The beautiful chanson "Les Feuilles Mortes" was written by Jacques Prévert and recorded by Yves Montand and is one of the most important songs in his repertoire. In the film it can be heard instrumentally and only a small part of the text is presented.
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