Le Jour se leve (1939) directed by Marcel Carnegrave;; is widely recognised as the classic French Poetic Realist film. Told in flashback; it recounts the story of a man who has committed a murder; and who awaits his fate as the police close in. Carnegrave; shuttles between different registers; tones and textures throughout; marshalling the studios resources to create striking pictorial compositions. The film also contains the great French star Jean Gabins most iconic performance as Francois; marooned at the top of his apartment building. Ben McCanns perceptive and lively book traces the evolution of Le Jour se leve and situates it in a very specific historical moment. He also underlines the importance of actors Jules Berry and Arletty; production designer Alexandre Trauner; writer Jacques Prevert and cinematographer Curt Courant in establishing the films tone; mood and visual style. He charts the national and international reception of the film; uncovering a work that deeply divided critics at a time of national crisis. He also reveals Le Jour se leve to be a key transitional work between European and American noir and compares it with the 1947 Hollywood remake.Highlighting its combination of the poetic and the realist this book finally stresses how Le Jour se leve represents the very best of pre-war French studio filmmaking.
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