Remorques Stormy waters Lumière d'été Le ciel est à vous The woman who dared
Notes:
Remorques: Jean Gabin, Madeleine Renaud, Michèle Morgan. Lumière d'été: Madeleine Renaud, Pierre Brasseur, Madeleine Robinson. Le ciel est à vous: Madeleine Renaud, Charles Vanel, Jean Debucourt.
Contents:
[v. 1.] Remorques (1941 : 84 min.) = Stormy waters--[v. 2.] Lumière d'été (1943 : 110 min.) -- [v. 3.] Le ciel est à vous (1944 : 107 min.) = The Woman Who Dared.
Summary:
Though little known outside of France, Jean Grémillon was a consummate filmmaker from his country's golden age. This set showcases three of his richest films, which were made during the German occupation of France. These character-driven dramas are humane, entertaining, and technically brilliant, and prove Grémillon to be one of cinema's true hidden masters. Remorques. Gabin plays Laurent, a salvage-boat captain who rescues a merchant vessel from a storm-tossed sea. The vessel's far-from-grateful captain (Jean Marchat) manages to skip without paying Laurent his salvage money, leaving behind his wife Catherine (Michele Morgan). Tending to Catherine's injuries until they reach port, Laurent falls in love with the woman, despite the fact that he is already married to the seriously ill Yvonne (Madeleine Renaud). It takes a lot of doing, but Laurent eventually ends his affair and allows his own wife to expire believing that he's been 100% faithful. Lumière d'été. A shimmering glass hotel at the top of a remote Provençal mountain provides the setting for a tragicomic tapestry about an obsessive love pentangle, whose principals range from an artist to a hotel manager to a dam worker. Le ciel est á vous. In this uplifting romantic drama, the wife of a mechanic and former fighter pilot falls in love with the idea of flying herself. This soon becomes an obsession, and she undertakes a lofty feat: the longest solo flight ever made by a woman
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