1938 · drama · romance · crime
Le Quai des Brumes
Directed by Marcel Carné1h 33m1938
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.
Our read: Le Quai des Brumes (1938) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · romance · crime entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
- signature
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