The day is breaking
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The day is breaking |
| Original title | Le jour se lève |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1939 |
| length | 86 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 (formerly 16) |
| Rod | |
| Director | Marcel Carné |
| script |
Jacques Viot Jacques Prévert |
| production | Jean-Pierre Frogerais |
| music | Maurice Jaubert |
| camera |
André Bac Philippe Agostini Albert Viguier Curt Courant (anonymous) |
| cut | René Le Hénaff |
| occupation | |
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The day is dawning (Original: Le jour se lève) is a black and white film by Marcel Carné from 1939 . It is one of the most significant examples of the poetic realism of French film in the 1930s. In later years he was also interpreted as a pioneer of American film noir .
action
After the shooting of a man, the worker François barricaded himself in his attic room in a Paris apartment building. The police have cordoned off the street and are besieging the house. In flashbacks, the previous story is rolled out: François has fallen in love with the flower seller Françoise. One evening he secretly follows her to a vaudeville theater, where she admires the performance of the dog trainer Valentin, with whom she is having an affair. Frustrated, François embarks on a superficial relationship with Valentine's ex-lover Clara. Nevertheless, he cannot forget Françoise. When Françoise promises to part with the charming but ruthless Valentin, François breaks his bond with Clara. Valentin visits François; an argument ensues in the course of which François shoots Valentin. As the police prepare to use tear gas to storm the apartment, François commits suicide.
background
The film architecture comes from one of the most important production designers in French film, Alexandre Trauner , who later also worked in Hollywood . The film ran in France from June 9, 1939. During the rule of the Vichy regime , the showing of the film was prohibited.
In Germany , the day begins only on November 11, 1955 in the cinemas.
Reviews
“A prime example of 'poetic realism' in French cinema at the time. The repeatedly interrupted flashback technique forms an expressive narrative bracket for the extremely precisely drawn film, which perfectly reproduces the milieu, working conditions and François' dreams even in the pessimistic mood. A masterpiece that is still impressive to this day and which emphatically refers to the loss of faith and orientation in the world. "
“The tragic despair that the film creates in a credible manner characterizes a milieu and corresponds to a poetics that refrains from constructing psychological motivations or pointing out solutions. Rarely has the spirit of an epoch been made the protagonist so consistently in a film , an epoch that was shaped by the fact that France believed that she could save herself from ruin by sacrificing "
Aftermath
1947 American remake of the film was titled The Long Night (The Long Night) . Henry Fonda took on Jean Gabin's role and Anatole Litvak directed .
Web links
- Day breaks in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Pictures and reviews of the film (French and English)
- Alexandre Trauner in the French Wikipedia
Individual evidence
- ^ Alain Silver, Elizabeth Ward: Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style, Third Edition, Overlook Press, Woodstock (New York) 1992, ISBN 978-0-87951-479-2 , p. 387
- ↑ The day dawns in the Internet Movie Database .
- ↑ International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 2001, online at Encyclopedia.com, accessed June 24, 2012
- ↑ a b The day dawns in the lexicon of international film .
- ↑ Thomas Koebner (Ed.): Reclam Filmklassiker, Volume 1, Reclam, Stuttgart 1995 ISBN 3-15-009416-X , p. 389