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Cœur fidèle (1923)

Cœur fidèle poster
Directed by
Jean Epstein
Genre
drama film, silent film, romance film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 27m
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 52 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman is trapped in a unhappy relationship while still loving another man. The story takes place around the Marseille docks.

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What happens

Cœur fidèle is a 1923 French drama film directed by Jean Epstein. It has the alternative English title Faithful Heart. The film tells a melodramatic story of thwarted romance, set against a background of the Marseille docks, and experiments with many techniques of camerawork and editing. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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