Marcel Carné - Le Jour se lève aka Daybreak (1939)-Cinema of the World

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Marcel Carné - Le Jour se lève aka Daybreak (1939)

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Le Jour se lève (or Daybreak) is a 1939 French film directed by Marcel Carné and written by Jacques Prévert, based on a story by Jacques Viot. At the Venice Film Festival, Le Jour se lève was nominated for the Mussolini Cup. In 1952, the film was included in the first Sight and Sound top ten greatest films list.

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Francois (Jean Gabin), a sympathetic factory worker, kills Valentin with a gun. He locked himself in his furnished room and starts remembering how he was led to murder.As the film unfolds, Francois' motivations for murder are revealed. He met once Francoise, a young fleurist, and they fell in love. But Francoise was gotten round by Valentin, a dog trainer, a machiavellian guy...