Le Grand Jeu (1934)
- Directed by
- Jacques Feyder
- Genre
- drama film, romance film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 14 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man joins the French Foreign Legion to escape his past after a failed romance. He falls for a woman who reminds him of the love he left behind.
melancholicromanticatmosphericpoeticmoodyslow-burnvisually lushdreamlike
What happens
Le Grand Jeu is a 1934 French drama film directed by Jacques Feyder and starring Pierre Richard-Willm, Marie Bell, Charles Vanel and Françoise Rosay. It is a romantic drama set against the background of the French Foreign Legion, and the film was an example of poetic realism in the French cinema. The title Le Grand Jeu refers to the practice of reading the cards. Blanche asks whether her client wants the 'full works', the whole story: "Alors... je te fais le grand jeu?" (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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