Gates of the Night (1946)
- Original title
- Les Portes de la nuit
- Directed by
- Marcel Carné
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 39 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A former soldier wanders through postwar Paris and gets caught up with a family and their secrets. He falls for a married woman while her brother gets involved with a dangerous political group.
noirishmelancholicdreamyatmosphericslow-burnromanticfatalistic
What happens
Gates of the Night (French: Les Portes de la nuit, pronounced [le pɔʁt də la nɥi]) is a 1946 French mystery film directed by Marcel Carné and starring Pierre Brasseur, Serge Reggiani, Yves Montand, Nathalie Nattier and Saturnin Fabre. The script was written by Carné's long-time collaborator Jacques Prévert. The film made its debut in the United States four years after its official release in France. It introduced the much-recorded popular song "Autumn Leaves" (French: Les feuilles mortes). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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