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

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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