settima

MichelSimon

L'Atalante (Jean Vigo, 1934)

Dec

16

on a river

L'Atalante (1934)

Juliette (Dita Parlo) in her bridal dress walks the cover of her husband's river barge L'Atalante. A steam barge putputs by (via). DP: Boris Kaufman.

Set on a river*

Jean: Are you bored? Juliette: Oh, no. Jean: Don't worry. There'll be places to see. Juliette: Riverbanks.

* the Bales 2025 Film Challenge for December has a few dateless themes. This is one of them.

Panique [Panic] (Julien Duvivier, 1946)

Nov

7

Panique (1946)

A child probes her dinner with a fork larger than her head while another one is all neat and proper. In the midst of them, as serious table settings require, a large man. His napkin tucked in at the neck, he leans over the first child with something to say. DP: Nicolas Hayer.

“Dead meat always attracts flies.”

– Monsieur Hire

#FilmDinner #JulienDuvivier #GeorgesSimenon #VivianeRomance #MichelSimon #MaxDalban #ÉmileDrain #GuyFavières #JeanWiener #NicolasHayer #Movember #crime #drama #FilmNoir #BookAdaptation #France #1940s ★★★★☆