Port of Shadows

Port of Shadows

1938 · 93 min · FR · 7.5 (232 votes)
Dir. Marcel Carné · Starring Jean Gabin, Michel Simon, Michèle Morgan, Pierre Brasseur, Édouard Delmont, Raymond Aimos · Music Maurice Jaubert

Tender... frankly adult. Filled with almost every emotion known to man

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Down a foggy, desolate road to the port city of Le Havre travels Jean, an army deserter looking for another chance to make good on life. Fate, however, has a different plan for him, as acts of both revenge and kindness render him front-page news.

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A hauntingly beautiful, atmospheric journey through Le Havre's shadowy docks. It feels like a smoky, rain-slicked dream, steeped in fatalism and doomed romance. A classic that lingers long after the credits roll.

melancholicgrittyromanticsomberslow-burnpoetic realismnoir-adjacentatmosphericclassic cinemafateredemptionlovedesperation
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