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L'Atalante

  • 19341934
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 29m
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7.8/10
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18,787
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Jean Dasté and Dita Parlo in L'Atalante (1934)
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Newly married couple Juliette and a ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L'atalante along with the captain's first mate Le père Jules and a cabin boy.Newly married couple Juliette and a ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L'atalante along with the captain's first mate Le père Jules and a cabin boy.Newly married couple Juliette and a ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L'atalante along with the captain's first mate Le père Jules and a cabin boy.
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
16K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
18,787
1,997
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    • Director
      • Jean Vigo
    • Writers
      • Jean Guinée(scenario)
      • Albert Riéra(adaptation)
      • Jean Vigo(adaptation)
    • Stars
      • Dita Parlo
      • Jean Dasté
      • Gilles Margaritis
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    • Director
      • Jean Vigo
    • Writers
      • Jean Guinée(scenario)
      • Albert Riéra(adaptation)
      • Jean Vigo(adaptation)
    • Stars
      • Dita Parlo
      • Jean Dasté
      • Gilles Margaritis
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    • 79User reviews
    • 96Critic reviews
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Dita Parlo in L'Atalante (1934)
    Jean Dasté and Dita Parlo in L'Atalante (1934)
    À Propos de Nice (1930)
    Jean Dasté and Dita Parlo in L'Atalante (1934)
    Michel Simon in L'Atalante (1934)
    L'Atalante (1934)
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    Jean Dasté and Dita Parlo in L'Atalante (1934)
    Dita Parlo in L'Atalante (1934)
    Jean Dasté in L'Atalante (1934)
    Dita Parlo in L'Atalante (1934)
    Jean Dasté, Gilles Margaritis, and Michel Simon in L'Atalante (1934)

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    Dita Parlo
    Dita Parlo
    • Juliette
    Jean Dasté
    Jean Dasté
    • Jean
    Gilles Margaritis
    • Le camelot (peddler)
    Louis Lefebvre
    • Le gosse (cabin boy)
    Maurice Gilles
    • Le chef de bureau (office manager)
    Raphaël Diligent
    • Le trimardeur (tramp
    • (as Rafa Diligent)
    • …
    Michel Simon
    Michel Simon
    • Le père Jules (old Jules)
    Claude Aveline
      René Blech
      • Best Man at Wedding
      • (uncredited)
      Lou Bonin
      • Passenger at Railway Station
      • (uncredited)
      Jacques B. Brunius
      • Policeman with a Bicycle
      • (uncredited)
      Fanny Clair
      • Juliette's Mother
      • (uncredited)
      Fanny Clar
      • La mère de Juliette
      • (uncredited)
      Charles Dorat
      • Thief
      • (uncredited)
      Paul Grimault
      • Passenger at Railway Station
      • (uncredited)
      Genya Lozinska
      • Fortune Teller
      • (uncredited)
      Gen Paul
      • Master of Ceremonies at Wedding
      • (uncredited)
      Jacques Prévert
      Jacques Prévert
      • Passenger at Railway Station
      • (uncredited)
      • Director
        • Jean Vigo
      • Writers
        • Jean Guinée(scenario)
        • Albert Riéra(adaptation) (dialogue)
        • Jean Vigo(adaptation) (dialogue)
      • All cast & crew
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      • Trivia
        The last film completed by Jean Vigo before his death from tuberculosis at twenty-nine.
      • Alternate versions
        1934-04-25 --- Jean Vigo's authorized cut before his death, at 89 min running time, shown to exhibitors and distributors mostly, at Palais Rochechouart, Paris, France. This version is lost.
      • Connections
        Edited into Cinéastes de notre temps: Jean Vigo (1964)
      • Soundtracks
        La Chanson des Mariniers
        Music by Maurice Jaubert

        Lyrics by Charles Goldblatt

      User reviews79

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      A Gentle, Contemplative Classic
      There aren't many classics that are as deceptively simple as "L'Atalante". Its gentle, contemplative tone - punctuated by occasional stretches of Michel Simon's antics - conceals a carefully made film with some worthwhile themes that go beyond the story itself. The lavish praises that it sometimes receives have perhaps created unrealistic expectations, which is unfortunate, because it is a fine, though understated, classic.

      Jean and Juliette, the two main characters, both have strengths and weaknesses that make them believable. Jean is responsible and disciplined, while Juliette is easygoing and gregarious (which makes her the easiest of the two to appreciate and to sympathize with). But Jean's rigidity and his occasional impatience, in combination with Juliette's naiveté and her occasional impulsiveness, make for difficulties in their relationship.

      If they seem boring when compared to the couples in many other movie romances, it is precisely this that makes the film worthwhile. It focuses closely on two ordinary people, without distracting frills or forced social commentary. Most of us are not all that interesting to others, and our lives and problems are usually important only to us. It is part of Jean Vigo's achievement that he takes two such commonplace characters and makes them worth caring about, and by implication he tells us that we are all worth caring about, even if we and our lives may not matter much to others.

      By keeping most of the action on board the boat, Vigo not only creates an atmosphere, but also forces the attention onto the characters. Simon's rather exaggerated character is used both to vary the pacing when appropriate, and to respond to the traits and actions of Jean and Juliette. The photography and the score are also used to round out the picture.

      It may be true that the film is sometimes over-praised, but in large part that is simply an over-reaction to the unfortunate lack of attention that this kind of classic must so often endure. In an era when so many very weak recent movies have received regular television airings, special edition DVD's with all kinds of pointless "extras", and undeserved critical acclaim, it's all too obvious that movies requiring more effort to appreciate are too often ignored entirely.

      Many recent romance movies have tried to use lavish production values, disaster or crisis settings, trendy techniques such as "non-linear" story-telling, and other such devices to cover up a lack of substance. Movies as different as "Titanic" and "The English Patient" (just to name two of many possible examples) use such methods in an attempt to pass off a romantic couple as heroic or admirable, when the characters in actuality are usually self-absorbed, vapid, and truly less worth caring about than Vigo's Jean and Juliette are.

      Jean and Juliette, like most of us, know that they are not important in the grand scheme of things, and they are probably rather well aware of their own weaknesses. They are neither saints nor sinners, neither victims nor heroes, they are just human, and therefore worth caring about. "L'Atalante" itself is not "the greatest movie ever made", especially since there is no such thing anyway, but it is a thoughtful and carefully crafted classic that stays with you well after you have seen it.
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      • Release date
        • June 21, 1947 (United States)
      • Country of origin
        • France
      • Languages
        • French
        • Russian
      • Also known as
        • Atalante
      • Filming locations
        • Bassin de la Villette, Paris 19, Paris, France
      • Production companies
        • Argui-Film
        • Gaumont-Franco Film-Aubert (G.F.F.A)
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      • Gross worldwide
        • $9,505
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 29 minutes
      • Color
        • Black and White
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.37 : 1

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