La Traversée de Paris (1956)

Directed by

Claude Autant-Lara

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

12

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 305 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In occupied Paris during 1942, two men transport black market pork across the city while dodging the curfew. Their journey reveals the compromises and moral ambiguities of survival under Nazi rule.

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What happens

La Traversée de Paris ("The trip across Paris") is a 1956 French comedy-drama directed by Claude Autant-Lara, starring Jean Gabin, Bourvil and Louis de Funès. It is set in occupied Paris in 1942 and tells the story of two men who defy the curfew to deliver pork for the black market. The film is very loosely based on the short story "La traversée de Paris" by Marcel Aymé. The film competed at the 17th Venice International Film Festival, where Bourvil won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor. The cynical portrayal of the occupation era was unconventional and made the film controversial upon the original release. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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