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L'Atalante

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L'Atalante
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NR,1hr 22min
Genres:
Drama,Romance
Released:
January 1, 1934
Director:
Jean Vigo
Distributor:
New Yorker Video
Starring:
Dita Parlo, Jean Dasté, Michel Simon  ...more
Synopsis: The most acclaimed (and sentimental) film in Jean Vigo's short career. L'Atalante is the name of the barge owned by Jean (Jean Daste), who marries the lovely Juliette (Dita Parlo) at the film's beginning. Juliette comes to live aboard the barge, for Jean makes his living on the Seine. The arrival of a woman on board disrupts the small crew, but they do their best to make her welcome. The solitude and boredom soon take their toll on Juliette, so Jean brings her ashore for a night at a cafe in Paris. ... Full Synopsis
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Lucia Bozzola, AMG Review
In his only full-length feature, released shortly before he died at age 29, Jean Vigo led the way for the French poetic realist style, deriving poignant beauty from the drab reality of a couple's marital problems while they live on a river barge. Beginning with their on-shore wedding and near-surreal, low-angle walk to the barge across barren fields, Vigo turns the ups and downs of the couple's mundane ... Full Review
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Dita Parlo
Juliette
Jean Dasté
Jean
Michel Simon
Pere Jules
Louis Lefebvre
Cabin Boy
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