Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 190 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- French
- Country
- France
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
In a chaotic 19th-century Paris teeming with aristocrats, thieves, psychics, and courtesans, theater mime Baptiste is in love with the mysterious actress Garance. But Garance, in turn, is loved by three other men: pretentious actor Frederick, conniving thief Lacenaire, and Count Edouard of Montray.
- pantomime
- anarchist
- count
- love
- thief
- murder
- mime
- black and white
- false accusations
- hoodlum
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Arletty
Claire Reine, dite Garance
Jean-Louis Barrault
Baptiste Debureau
Pierre Brasseur
Frédérick Lemaître
Marcel Herrand
Pierre-François Lacenaire
- María Casares — Nathalie
- Louis Salou — Édouard comte de Montray
- Pierre Renoir — Jericho
- Jane Marken — Mme Hermine
- Gaston Modot — Fil de Soie
- Fabien Loris — Avril
- Marcel Pérès — Le directeur des Funambules
- Etienne Decroux — Anselme Debureau
- Marcelle Monthil — Marie
- Louis Florencie — Le gendarme des 'Adrets'
- Habib Benglia — L'employé des bains turcs
- Directed
- Marcel Carné
- Written
- Jacques Prévert
Production
- Studio
- Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
