Under the Roofs of Paris

Under the Roofs of Paris

1930 · 92 min · FR · 6.7 (49 votes)
Dir. René Clair · Starring Albert Préjean, Pola Illéry, Edmond T. Gréville, Bill Bocket, Gaston Modot, Paul Ollivier · Music Raoul Moretti
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In the tenement slums of Paris between the world wars, impoverished street singer Albert yearns for beautiful Romanian immigrant Pola. Pola's boyfriend, local hoodlum Fred, grows jealous of Albert's constant attention to his woman and frames the hapless musician for one of his own petty crimes. But while Albert is in prison for Fred's misdeed, Pola ends up falling for Albert's faithful best friend, Louis.

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A bittersweet Parisian romance unfolds with a charmingly melancholic tone. The city's streets come alive with music and yearning, creating a wistful atmosphere of love found and lost amidst hardship. It's a tender, classic tale.

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