Hand-Picked Alternatives for Fans of Les bleus du ciel: Cult Guide

Dir: Henri Decoin

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of À bas les hommes perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Imposture helps an orphan girl become a lawyer.

Dir: Henri Decoin

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

A detective melodrama told in flashback in which the young Danielle Darrieux plays the roles of both a young girl and her mother.

Dir: Henri Decoin

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Les bleus du ciel perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

As he takes pictures of a couple of newlyweds, Adolphe Cocu, a photographer specialized in weddings, is skeptical of the viability of the couple. Unfortunately for them, Cocu was right: one week later, husband and wife can't stand each other and come to blows. The lady wants husbie to take the count and to this end contracts a slender suitor first and, after a while, an athlete in jersey. A third accomplice ends up making friends with the husband, much to the ire of the "charming" young wife...

Dir: Henri Decoin

Pessimistic drama of a struggling young boxer and a mistress who craves a luxury he cannot provide for her. In its evocation of the smell of the crowded ring, compared by historian Raymond Chirat to the similar Warners B films of the era.