Hôtel du Nord (1938) (Hôtel du Nord)

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The result of collaboration between the director Marcel Carné and Jacques Prévert poet in the script, with music by Maurice Jaubert with staging a theatrical feature, couldn't result in more than a typical sample called "poetic realism". "Hotel du Nord" is, therefore, one of the key works within this ism artistic.

As its title announces, the hotel grounds, with its revisited rooms... read more

First of all, I am really amazed that not even 10 listal members have rated the damned thing so far (in fact, I was the very first member who gave actually a rating). I mean, sure, it is very old, in fact, it is almost 80 years old but it is definitely a French classic and I would expect such a classic to receive more recognition. Anyway, I’m pretty sure that Marcel Carné  didn’t realize at ... read more