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Dir: Jean Grémillon

A well received,impressionistic short subject on tuna fishing, for which Gremillon composed an accompaniment on mechanical piano to be synchronized with the images.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Lighthouse Keepers perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Jean Grémillon

Two lighthouse keepers (the father and the son) are to spend one entire month in the middle of the sea near the coasts of Brittany; the young man is ill.

Dir: Jean Grémillon

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Daïnah la métisse perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Shades of Othello loom in this engrossing exploration of class, race, and murder set on an ocean liner. Young Dainah encounters an engineer on board who mistakes pleasantries for flirtation. When she disappears the next day, suspicion spreads not only to the engineer but also to Dainah's husband. Forward-thinking and absorbing.

Dir: Jean Grémillon

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of L'Auvergne perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Jean Grémillon

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Jean Grémillon

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Pour un sou d'amour perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Victor Berthier, a good man but also a very jealous one, killed his wife in a fit of jealousy. After serving a few years in a chain gang, he is released for good behavior. He feels very happy to be able to return to Paris and to meet Lise, his daughter, again. But, to his dismay, he finds that Lise, through the fault of André, her lover and pimp, has unwillingly committed a murder.

Dir: Jean Grémillon

Maldone is a canal worker, happy with his life after running away from his family estate. He falls in love with Zita, a young gypsy girl, during a local fete. However, after his brother dies, Maldone is called back to manage the estate. There, he takes up the life of a landowner and marries a neighbor's daughter. Years later Maldone is still restless on the estate, and becomes obsessed with Zita, after meeting her by chance one evening.