The Essential Watchlist Similar Cinematic Experiences to L'Auvergne...

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.

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

Soldier Lucien meets elegant Madeleine one night in Cannes. Lovestruck, he follows her to Paris after he is discharged. Their love affair begins anew, but eventually runs cold and he returns to Orange in the south of France. She follows.

Dir: Jean Grémillon

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

After a society lady abandons him for a cad, a sensitive young painter becomes a monk. But when his former beloved is later destitute with an illegitimate child, will he now be able to help her?

Dir: Jean Grémillon

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

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Jean Grémillon

1852 Munich. The Austrian Ambassador's son is to marry Annie Tomasini when he is in love with her sister Thérèse.

Dir: Jean Grémillon

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of La petite Lise perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

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.

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 fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.