The read
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
At the end of the 19th century, during a ball in Joinville, on the outskirts of Paris, Georges, a former delinquent working as a carpenter, meets Marie, a young woman connected to a criminal gang.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
208 audience votes
Key crew
- Jacques BeckerDirector
- Jacques BeckerScreenplay
- Jacques CompanéezScreenplay
- Georges Van ParysOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Simone SignoretMarie
- Serge ReggianiGeorges
- Claude DauphinFélix
- Raymond BussièresRaymond
- Odette BarenceyCast
- Loleh BellonCast
- Solange CertinCast
- Jacqueline DaneCast
- Dominique DavrayCast
- Paul AzaïsCast
- Paul BargeCast
- Claude CastaingCast
Stills
Themes
jealousyparis, francemale friendshipdeath sentenceguillotinefemme fatalebeautiful womancarpenterfrench noircriminal gangdance hall19th century