When Juliette marries Jean, she comes to live on his ship, on board of which are, besides the two of them, only a cabin boy and the strange old second mate Pere Jules.
Soon bored by life on the river, she slips off to see the nightlife when they come to Paris. Angered by this, Jean sets off, leaving Juliette behind. Overcome by grief and longing for his wife, Jean falls into a depression and Pere Jules goes and tries to find Juliette. Read more …
With moggies and Michel Simon’s sailor adding comic colour, generous tides of life and longing flow through this buoyant masterpiece.
Approaching 80 years old but its appeal endures.
A masterpiece of sophistication, technique and human feeling.
There’s nothing here to suggest L’Atalante's brilliance has at all diminished as this full-length version ticks all the boxes.
Completed by the 29-year-old genius, a true poet of the cinema, shortly before his premature death, this sublime masterpiece represents more than half his total oeuvre.
General release. Check local listings for show times.
Cameo, Edinburgh from Friday February 10, 2012, until Thursday February 16, 2012. More info: http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/
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