1939 | France | Fiction

Le jour se lève (Daybreak)

  • French 93 mins
  • Director | Marcel Carné
  • Writer | Jacques Viot
  • Producer | Jean-Pierre Frogerais

STATUS: Released

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One of the great works of 1930s poetic realist cinema, Le jour se lève was Marcel Carné’s fourth collaboration with screenwriter and poet Jacques Prévert. In this compelling story of obsessive sexuality and murder, the working-class François (Jean Gabin) resorts to killing in order to free the woman he loves from the controlling influence of another man.

Obsession Murder Passion Realism Tragedy
Film Organizations
The Criterion Collection
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