Hôtel du Nord (1938)

Directed by

Marcel Carné

Genre

drama film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

12

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 160 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two couples live in a Paris hotel. One is a prostitute and her pimp. The other is a pair of young unemployed lovers.

poetictragicgrittyatmosphericslow-burnmelancholicromantic

What happens

Hôtel du Nord is a 1938 French drama film directed by Marcel Carné that stars Arletty, Louis Jouvet, Annabella, and Jean-Pierre Aumont. It tells the story of two couples in Paris, one being a prostitute and her pimp and the other two young lovers without regular jobs. A work of poetic realism, cinematography, music, and dialogue add a poetic dimension to the lives and surroundings of working-class people. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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