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Atalante (L')

Country: France, Language: French, 89 mins

  • Director: Jean Vigo
  • Writer: Jean Guinée; Albert Riéra
  • Producer: Jacques-Louis Nounez

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Said to be one of the greatest films ever made...were they watching the same film?


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The(ir) Blurb...

When Juliette marries Jean, she comes to live with him as he captains a river barge. Besides the two of them, are a cabin boy and the strange old second mate Pere Jules. Soon bored by life on the river, she slips off to see the nightlife when they come to Paris. Angered by this, Jean sets off, leaving Juliette behind. Overcome by grief and longing for his wife, Jean falls into a depression and Pere Jules goes and tries to find Juliette.

Cast & Characters

Michel Simon as Le pere Jules;
Dita Parlo as Juliette;
Jean Daste as Jean;
Gilles Margaritis as Le camelot;
Louis Lefebvre as Le gosse;
Maurice Gilles as Le chef de bureau;
Raphael Diligent as Raspoutine, le batelier;
Claude Aveline;
Rene Blech as Le garcon d'honneur;
Lou Bonin;
Fanny Clar as La mere de Juliette;
Charles Dorat as Le voleur;
Paul Grimault; Genya Lozinska;
Gen Paul as L'invite qui boite