Le jour se lève (1939)

Director:

Marcel Carné

Writers:

Jacques Viot (original scenario)
Jacques Prévert (dialogue)

Release Date:

29 July 1940 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller

Plot:

Francois, a sympathetic factory worker, kills Valentin with a gun. He locked himself in his furnished...

Plot Keywords:

Factory Worker | Love | Murder | Dog | Gun

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Jean Gabin	...	François
Jules Berry	...	M. Valentin
Arletty	...	Clara
Mady Berry	...	La concierge
René Génin	...	Le concierge (as Genin)
Arthur Devère	...	Mr. Gerbois (as Arthur Devere)
René Bergeron	...	Le patron du café (as Bergeron)
Bernard Blier	...	Gaston
Marcel Pérès	...	Paulo (as Peres)
Germaine Lix	...	La chanteuse
Gabrielle Fontan	...	La vieille dame dans l'escalier
Jacques Baumer	...	Le commissaire
Jacqueline Laurent	...	Françoise

Also Known As:

Daybreak (USA)

Runtime:

93 min | Germany:86 min | USA:88 min (Janus print) | Argentina:87 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Wide Range Sound System)

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | USA:TV-PG (TV rating) | Finland:K-16 | Germany:12 (bw) | Sweden:15

Company:

Sigma

Trivia:

While not the first film to use dissolves to represent flashbacks, it was considered too new a method in the language of cinema that the films producers' insisted on pretitle cards to avoid any confusion.

Quotes:

M. Valentin: You're the type women fall in love with . . . I'm the type that interests them.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Fejezetek a film történetéböl: A francia lírai realizmus (#1.6)" (1989)

What a movie!

One of the best examples from the realism that was filmed in France between the 30's and 40's. It's such the feeling that you almost think that it's happening next door. Superb.