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L'Homme du large (1920)

L'Homme du large poster
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

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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