Films with: Carné, Marcel

Drôle de drame

A quiet botanist is the secret author of a popular crime novel. His peaceful existence is threatened when a crazed fan vows to kill the author of "The model crime." The convoluted plot involves a group of Victorian Englishmen who get so enmeshed in lies and disguises, murders and supposed murders, intrigues and romances, that Scotland Yard and the participants themselves are confused.

DVD 2349

Enfants du paradis Children of paradise /

Drama about the theater and the individuals that made the stage their life. Includes the love story of four men for one woman.

DVD 1603

Hôtel du Nord d'après le roman de Eugène Dabit.

Drama involving a failed suicide pact, imprisonment, and gangsters centered around the Hôtel du Nord in Paris.

DVD 4632

Portes de la nuit

Records the events of a single night in a dingy section of northern Paris in 1945, portraying the malaise of a city recovering from the German occupation. Tells the stories of a street musician, an informer, and a member of French underground who has been having an affair with a wealthy married woman.

DVD 13286

Quai des brumes Port of shadows /

Down a foggy, desolate road to the port city of Le Havre travels Jean, an army deserter looking for another chance to make good in life. Fate, however, has a different plan for him, as both acts of revenge and kindness render him front-page news. Portrays an underworld of lonely souls wrestling with their own destinies.

DVD 3197