L'Atalante
RomanceDramaComedy
Capricious small-town girl Juliette and barge captain Jean marry after a whirlwind courtship, and she comes to live aboard his boat, L'Atalante. As they make their way down the Seine, Jean grows weary of Juliette's flirtations with his all-male crew, and Juliette longs to escape the monotony of the boat and experience the excitement of a big city. When she steals away to Paris by herself, her husband begins to think their marriage was a mistake.
VIBE
A hauntingly beautiful, dreamlike journey down the Seine. It captures the tender anxieties of new love and the quiet desperation of longing for something more. A visually poetic and emotionally resonant experience.
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depressionmarriagesurrealismunderwaterbargemarital problem
