Description:This intoxicatingly inventive masterpiece- a perennial entry on best-of-all-time lists- is one of the world's great films. Jean Vigo's innovative style transforms a simple and engaging plot of a young woman's stormy initiation into married life on a river barge, into a kaleidoscope of dazzling digressions and offbeat characterizationsThis intoxicatingly inventive masterpiece- a perennial entry on best-of-all-time lists- is one of the world's great films. Jean Vigo's innovative style transforms a simple and engaging plot of a young woman's stormy initiation into married life on a river barge, into a kaleidoscope of dazzling digressions and offbeat characterizations complete with tour-de-force scenes that still seem fresh and startling.
Jean, the young captain of the barge L'ATALANTE, marries Juliette, a village girl who has never left home before. They sail away together along with a cabin boy and the colorful sailor Pere Jules, played by Michel Simon - in a legendary, uproarious and unpredictable performance forming the very heart of Vigo's magical, anarchic universe. Becoming bored, Juliette slips off the ship to discover the delights of Paris- forcing Jean into heartbreak.... (more)(less)
"03/05/13 - I'll admit to being a bit biased against older movies but this was a genuinely good film. At first I thought it was just a nice, pleasant, inoffensive film but in the last third there is some absolutely brilliant scenes."
❦ Anaëlle added this to a list 2 months, 3 weeks ago
"Day 05- favorite love story in a movie
What makes it so great is how sincere the love between the man and woman is. There just two decent people who care for each other, nothing more
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VierasTalo added this to a list 8 months, 3 weeks ago
"28.8 DVD
Vigon viimeiseksi jääneessä elokuvassa nuoripari muuttaa heti häiden jälkeen asumaan miehen kipparoimalle laivalle, jossa hääräilee myös vanha merikarhu ja hänen nuori suojattinsa. Klassisempaakin klassisempi (älkää ymmärtäkö väärin, tämä ei tarkoita että tämä olisi esim. ennalta-arvattava) romanssi sisältää aallonpohjia sekä korkeita aallonharjoja, joiden päällä Vigo täydellisesti tasapainottelee lemmenlaivaansa. L'Atalanten ehdottomasti iskevin omina"
m08221196 added this to a list 8 months, 4 weeks ago