Saturday, September 24, 2022

Hôtel du Nord (1938) - classic French drama directed by Marcel Carné, starring Annabella, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Louis Jouvet, Arletty, Paulette Dubost and Andrex

Rating 7.6/10
Runtime: 95 min
Language: French
Country: France
Directed by: Marcel Carné
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030252/

Cast

Annabella ... Renée
Jean-Pierre Aumont ... Pierre
Louis Jouvet ... Monsieur Edmond
Arletty ... Raymonde
Paulette Dubost ... Ginette
Andrex ... Kenel
André Brunot ... Emile Lecouvreur
Henri Bosc ... Nazarède

Description: On the mournful bank of the meandering Canal St. Martin, at the cheap Parisian Hôtel du Nord, the dejected young lovers, Pierre and Renée, take a room, bent on fulfilling an unholy pact. Then, in the dead of night, a nearly fatal gunshot chills the bone to the marrow, splitting the couple, apparently, forever. However--amid a sad but beautiful panorama of streetwise prostitutes; hard-as-nails procurers in impeccable suits; forlorn survivors; murderous former companions, and the police--unfulfilled desires, secret passions, and a dangerous romantic triangle have the final say. Now, in love's name, high expectations for a fresh start and a deadly semi-automatic pistol separate hope from despair. Can life be as easy as a fairy tale?

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Download link (torrent file):

https://ufile.io/pgv0kl6d


Also a set of nice extras included:

* Documentary from 1994 on the life and career of director Marcel Carne
* Television program from 1972 on the making of the film
* The poetic vision of Marcel Carne - A conversation between filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amelie) and journalist Philippe Morisson
* Trailer

Video and audio information:

Video : 2.05 GB, 3026 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 656x480 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 164
Audio : 80 MB, 116 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x55 = AAC, CBR


Subtitles (English closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and English, Spanish, Portuguese-Brazilian, Greek, Italian) posters and screenshots included