Le Quai des Brumes (Port of Shadows) 1938 Ages 12+
When
1.00pm, Sat 8 Apr 2017 (91 mins)Where
Gallery of Modern Art & Cinema A
About
Marcel Carné's tragic tale of Jean, an army deserter (the inimitable Jean Gabin), trying to start a new life in the port city of Le Havre. In noir cinema, nothing can ever be so easy and he quickly becomes wrapped up in a brewing conflict between a shopkeeper and a local gangster – further complicated by Jean's infatuation with the shopkeeper's beautiful goddaughter. Port of Shadows is engulfed in plumes of smoky French romanticism. It is a moody drama haunted by melancholy, where wounded characters try to do their best in a corrupt world. One of Carné's true masterpieces.
Ages 12+
Production Credits
- Director: Marcel Carné
- Script: Jacques Prévert
- Original Story: Pierre Dumarchais
- Cinematographer: Eugen Schüfftan
- Editor: Rene le Henaff
- Production Company: Ciné-Alliance
- Print Source / Rights: Studio Canal
- Screening Format: DCP (Digital Cinema Projection), 35mm
- Year: 1938
- Runtime: 91 minutes
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Sound: Mono
- Colour: Black & White