A young girl from a good family runs away from home and finds herself in the middle of easy girls of the great military port of Toulon. An honest marine officer guesses her distress and marries her.
Is it worth your time? If you have a thing for old French cinema that feels like it’s trying to be a moral lesson but keeps getting distracted by port-side antics, then sure, pull up a chair. People who hate 'damsel in distress' tropes will probably want to throw their remote at the wall about thirty minutes in. It’s n...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Jean Dréville
Bruno Ziener
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"Is it worth your time? If you have a thing for old French cinema that feels like it’s trying to be a moral lesson but keeps getting distracted by port-side antics, then sure, pull up a chair. People who hate 'damsel in distress' tropes will probably want to throw their remote at the wall about thirty minutes in. It’s not for everyone, especially if you get annoyed by how easily characters just decide their entire lives are solved by a wedding ring. The whole thing starts with a girl just fed up..."
Jean-Pierre Liausu, Claude Farrère, Jean Dréville
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