L'Atalante

  • Dita Parlo: Juliette
  • Jean Dasté: Jean
  • Michel Simon: Père Jules
  • Louis Lefebvre: cabin-boy
  • Gilles Margaritis: Street Vendors
  • Fanny Clar: Juliette's mother

Atalante ( Original title: L' Atalante ) is a feature film by French director Jean Vigo from 1934 initially rejected by critics and audiences, the film after the Second World War has been rediscovered and is now considered a milestone in film history..

Action

The young Juliette marries Jean, the captain of the freighter L' Atalante inland to leave their village and then on to accompany him on his journeys. Together with the idiosyncratic agents Père Jules and a nameless ship's boys, they are on their way. The life of the young couple on board is marked by love, quarrel and reconciliation. Juliette longs for the lure of the capital of Paris, of which she hears on the radio. When they finally make a stop in Paris, she hoped for an unforgettable evening with Jean. But Père Jules leaves on flimsy grounds even the ship to can be read by a fortune teller out of hand and to explore the pubs of the city. Since the cargo can not be left unguarded, will the two have no choice but to wait for the return of the agents. When he finally completely drunk comes on board, it is too late for the plans of the couple.

Further downstream, in a suburb of Paris, there is finally the opportunity to visit a dance hall. There Juliette is ensnared by a traveling merchant, who asks you to dance and tells her about the allure of the big city. The jealous of his rival Jean can indeed resist, but Juliette's desire has now become so large that they secretly like sneaks into the night to take the train to Paris. When she returns at the end of the day at the pier, the freighter is gone. The wounded in his honor Jean had given the order to drop. Juliette is now on his own. After her to make matters worse, even their money is stolen at the train station, they eventually come under in a poor hostel. The crew of the L' Atalante meanwhile goes about their business, but Jean is having an increasingly listless and apathetic. Finally, Père Jules takes the matter into their own hands and goes to Paris to find Juliette. He finds them and bring them on board the ship, where the couple falls into the arms easier.

Background

After an unsuccessful try out the film came in September 1934 under the title Le Chaland qui passe heavily cut in the cinemas. Vigo died shortly after the premiere of blood poisoning as a result of his tuberculosis. It was only in 1990, to reconstruct the original cut in large parts succeeded. This version was presented at the 43rd Cannes Film Festival for the first time to the public.

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