Daybreak 1939  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Romance
aka: Le Jour Se Leve
Director: Marcel Carne
Cast: Jean Gabin, Jules Berry, Jacqueline Laurent, Arletty, Rene Genin, Mady Berry, Jacques Baumer, Bernard Blier, Marcel Peres, Rene Bergeron, Gabrielle Fontan, Arthur Devere, Georges Douking
As this story begins, a factory worker, Francois (Jean Gabin), has locked himself in a building after killing M. Valentin (Jules Berry). Now, through flashbacks, the events leading up to the murder are revealed. Regarded by many as Jean Gabin's finest film.
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Deadlier Than the Male 1956  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Julien Duvivier
Cast: Jean Gabin, Lucienne Bogaert, Daniele Delorme, Gerard Blain, Robert Arnoux, Robert Manuel, Germaine Kerjean, Gabrielle Fontan, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Aime Clariond
Catherine (Daniele Delorme) plans to marry her ex-stepfather Chatelin (Jean Gabin), kill him later for his money, and then live happily-ever-after with her lover, Gerard (Gerard Blain).
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Monsieur Vincent 1947  N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Maurice Cloche
Cast: Pierre Fresnay, Aime Clariond, Jean Debucourt, Lise Delamare, Germaine Dermoz, Gabrielle Dorziat, Yvonne Gaudeau, Jean Carmet, Pierre Dux, Michel Bouquet, Gabrielle Fontan, Robert Murzeau, Marcel Peres, Marcel Vallee, Francette Vernillat
During Europe's epidemic of the bubonic plague–the Black Death–Vincent de Paul (Pierre Fresnay) struggles to help the French peasants and their nobility deal with the tragedy in their midst. He is canonized for his efforts. This biography received an Honorary Oscar for Outstanding Foreign Language Film.
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Une Partie de Campagne 1936  N/R, 40 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Romance
aka: A Day in the Country
Director: Jean Renoir
Cast: Sylvia Bataille, Georges D'Arnoux, Jacques B. Brunius, Jane Marken, Andre Gabriello, Jean Renoir, Paul Temps, Gabrielle Fontan, Marguerite Renoir, Pierre Lestringuez, Alain Renoir, Georges Bataille, Jacques Becker, Henri Cartier-Bresson
Based on Guy de Maupassant's story, this film is about a family's Sunday excursion in the country. While the family visits a riverside restaurant, two young men, Henri (Georges D'Arnoux and Rodolphe (Jacques B. Brunius), introduce themselves and offer to take the women on a boat ride while their men go fishing. Subsequent seductions of both the mother Madame Dufour (Jane Marken) and daughter Henrietta (Sylvia Bataille) result in different emotions for each. Madame Dufour enjoys an innocent flirtation with Rodolphe, while Henrietta goes for a boat ride with Henri, and the two of them spend an idyllic afternoon and a very brief romance that may never be forgotten. In fact, Henrietta and Henri meet again 14 years later and think about how different their lives could have been if their earlier romance had continued.
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| 1. Daybreak (1939)
aka: Le Jour Se Leve
2. Deadlier Than the Male (1956)
3. Monsieur Vincent (1947)
4. Une Partie de Campagne (1936)
aka: A Day in the Country
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