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A Balasaur Score of 83 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 92% of the 228 1930s comedy movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
Newly married couple Juliette and ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L'Atalante along with the captain's first mate and a cabin boy.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do.
480 audience votes
Key crew
- Jean VigoDirector
- Maurice JaubertOriginal Music Composer
- Jean GuinéeScreenplay
- Jean VigoScreenplay
- Albert RiéraScreenplay
Cast
- Michel SimonPère Jules
- Dita ParloJuliette
- Jean DastéJean
- Gilles MargaritisPeddler
- Louis LefebvreCabin Boy
- Maurice GillesOffice Manager
- Raphaël DiligentRaspoutine, the boatman
- Claude Aveline(uncredited)
- René BlechBest Man at Wedding (uncredited)
- Lou BoninPassenger at Railway Station (uncredited)
- Charles DoratThief (uncredited)
- Genya LozinskaFortune Teller (uncredited)
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Themes
depressionmarriagesurrealismunderwaterbargemarital problembold
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