Underplayed Gems

Au Bonheur des Dames (1930)

Au Bonheur des Dames poster
Directed by
Julien Duvivier
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 35 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This is a silent French film from 1930 about the rise of a large department store that threatens small family-run shops. It follows the store's young owner and a poor shopgirl as their lives become entangled with this changing retail world.

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What happens

Au Bonheur des Dames est un film français de Julien Duvivier. Réalisé en 1930, d'après le roman Au Bonheur des Dames d'Émile Zola, il s'agit de son dernier film muet. En 1943, le cinéaste André Cayatte tourne une autre adaptation d'Au Bonheur des Dames. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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