The second film from the Carné-Prévert collaboration, Drôle de
drame is an extraordinary mix black comedy and farce, quite unlike anything in French
cinema at the time... [More...]
Jenny is the first full length film to be directed
by Marcel Carné, one of the undisputed masters of French cinema. Carné
had previously made one short film Nogent... [More...]
This doom-laden, intensely atmospheric film epitomises the poetic realism of French cinema
of the late 1930s. Masters of the genre, Carné and Prévert create
a shadowy world where the harsh realities of an... [More...]
This is a very atmospheric film from one of France’s great directors, Marcel Carné,
better known for his legendary film, Les
Enfants du Paradis... [More...]
Le Jour se lève is another doom-laden tale which sprang from the combined
genius of director Marcel Carné and screenwriter Jacques Prévert... [More...]
Les Visiteurs du soir is one of a series of undisputed masterpieces which came
out of the fruitful collaboration between director Marcel Carné and screenwriter
Jacques Prévert... [More...]
Often rated as the greatest film ever made, and certainly a major triumph of French cinema,
Les Enfants du paradis offers us a timeless tale of unrequited love... [More...]
Les Portes de la nuit marked the beginning of
a dramatic decline in the fortunes of its director Marcel Carné. Prior to
and during World War II... [More...]
After the commercial failure of Les Portes de la nuit (1949)
and the abandonment of Fleur de l’Age,
director Marcel Carné soon made a return to form with this
suspenseful adaptation of a Georges Simenon... [More...]
Juliette ou La clef des songes
is probably Marcel Carné’s most underrated and misunderstood
film, but it deserves to be rated as one of his most inspired and
poetic... [More...]
Thérèse Raquin is one of the few films made by Marcel Carné
after World War II which has the stature of his earlier triumphs. With its tale
of doomed love in an atmosphere-laden setting... [More...]
Whilst not in the league of Marcel Carné’s pre-WWII classics, L’Air de Paris
is a pleasing example of the director’s art, a light melodrama on the folly of young
love set in that eternal city... [More...]
