Pépé le Moko (1937)
- Directed by
- Julien Duvivier
- Genre
- drama film, romance film, crime film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 196 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 French gangster hides in the Casbah of Algiers, believing he is safe from the police. His luck runs out when a love affair draws him out of his refuge.
romantictensemelancholicatmosphericslow-burnpoeticclaustrophobicnoirish
What happens
Pépé le Moko ([pe.pe lə mo.ko]) is a 1937 French film directed by Julien Duvivier starring Jean Gabin, based on a novel of the same name by Henri La Barthe and with sets by Jacques Krauss. An example of the 1930s French movement known as poetic realism, it recounts the trapping of a gangster on the run in Algiers, who believes that he is safe from arrest in the Casbah. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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