Le Jour se Lève (aka Daybreak) (Le jour se lève) (1939)

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7.8	IMDB rating

Directed by

Marcel Carné

Starring (View all)

Jean Gabin

François

Jules Berry

M. Valentin

Arletty

Clara

Mady Berry

La concierge

René Génin

Le concierge

Arthur Devère

Mr. Gerbois

René Bergeron

Le patron du café

Bernard Blier

Gaston

Written by

Jacques Viot

(original scenario)

Jacques Prévert

(dialogue)

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A story of obsessive sexuality and murder—in which working class everyman François (Jean Gabin) resorts to killing in order to free the woman he loves from the controlling influence of another man—Le jour se lève cemented the enormous reputations of Gabin and director Marcel Carné.

Release date : 29 July 1940

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" November 4th - Exemplifying the poetic realism movement at the time, Le Jour se Lève is a bleak look at the tragic romance between two marginalized characters. François has just killed a man and as the police come to get him he reflects on the events that led him to that point. This was such a promising plot device and really interesting premise for a film, but the execution in the writing of Jacques Prevert is lacking. The characters in the film are all uninteresting and bland which make"

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