La Bandera 1935  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Escape from Yesterday
Director: Julien Duvivier
Cast: Jean Gabin, Annabella, Robert Le Vigan, Raymond Aimos, Pierre Renoir, Gaston Modot, Margo Lion, Reine Paulet, Charles Granval, Viviane Romance
After committing a murder, Pierre (Jean Gabin) flees France, joins the Spanish Foreign Legion, and ends up in North Africa. Detective Fernando Lucas (Robert Le Vigan) follows. Both fall in love with beautiful Arab Aischa (Annabella) and must eventually join forces to fight off attacking Arabs.
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Madame Bovary 1933 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jean Renoir
Cast: Valentine Tessier, Pierre Renoir, Max Dearly, Daniel Lecourtois, Fernand Fabre, Helena Manson, Robert Le Vigan, Alice Tissot, Pierre Larquey, Monette Dinay, Louis Florencie, Romain Bouquet, Christiane Dor, Georges Cahuzac, Helena Manson
This early film adaptation of Flaubert's classic novel is set in 19th-century France and tells the story of Emma Bovary's (Valentine Tessier) scandalous romantic liaisons. Emma is a country girl who marries Charles Bovary (Pierre Renoir) hoping for romance and excitement in her life. But, the marriage proves tiresome to Emma, and she begins an affair with wealthy Rodolphe Boulanger (Fernand Fabre). After he abandons her, Emma finds another lover (Daniel Lecourtois) to fill her life, and despair takes over.
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Port of Shadows 1938  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Marcel Carne
Cast: Jean Gabin, Michel Simon, Michele Morgan, Pierre Brasseur, Rene Genin, Marcel Peres, Roger Legris, Robert Le Vigan, Edouard Delmont, Raymond Aimos
A French Army deserter (Jean Gabin) arrives in the port of Le Havre where he meets and is attracted to young Nelly (Michele Morgan). As he gets involved with Nelly, he realizes how morally corrupt her "friends" are and tries to protect Nelly, but loses his own life in the process.
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| 1. La Bandera (1935)
aka: Escape from Yesterday
2. Madame Bovary (1933)
3. Port of Shadows (1938)
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