L'Homme du large (1920)
- Directed by
- Marcel L'Herbier
- Genre
- drama film, silent film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 13 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 man wrestles with the opposing forces of good and evil that drive human behavior. The story unfolds on the harsh Brittany coastline.
bleakatmosphericmelancholicdramaticslow-burnvisually starkbroodingcontemplative
What happens
L' Homme du large (English: Man of the Sea or Man of the Open Seas) is a 1920 French silent film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and based on a short story by Honoré de Balzac. It was filmed on the rugged southern coast of Brittany creating atmosphere in a film about the forces of good and evil that motivate human behaviour. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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La jolie Bretonne (1914)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.