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Le Jour se leve (1939) directed by Marcel Carne, is widely recognised as the classic French Poetic Realist film. Told in flashback, it recounts the story of a man who has committed a murder, and who awaits his fate as the police close in. Carne shuttles between different registers, tones and textures throughout, marshalling the studio's resources to create striking pictorial compositions. The film also contains the great French star Jean Gabin's most iconic performance as Francois, marooned at the top of his apartment building. Ben McCann's perceptive and lively book traces the evolution of Le Jour se leve and situates it in a very specific historical moment. He also underlines the importance of actors Jules Berry and Arletty, production designer Alexandre Trauner, writer Jacques Prevert and cinematographer Curt Courant in establishing the film's tone, mood and visual style. He charts the national and international reception of the film, uncovering a work that deeply divided critics at a time of national crisis. He also reveals Le Jour se leve to be a key transitional work between European and American noir and compares it with the 1947 Hollywood remake.
Highlighting its combination of the 'poetic' and the 'realist' this book finally stresses how Le Jour se leve represents the very best of pre-war French studio filmmaking.
Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Synopsis
Introduction
Notes
Context and Planning
Carné and the team
France in the 1930s - The Film Industry and Dominant Genres
Poetic Realism
Filming Le Jour se lève
Notes
2. Structure, Set Design, Style
Structure
Set Design
Style
Notes
3. Performance and Politics
Performance styles
Sequence analysis I: the café-concert (26m. 56s.)
Gender politics
Sequence analysis II: the greenhouse (56m. 14s.)
Class struggles
Sequence analysis III: François's death (1h 19m. 23s.)
A reflectionist film?
Notes
4. Reception and Remake
French reception
Blame the barometer?
International reception
Le Jour se lève remade - 'As dark as a Hallmark card?'
Afterlife I: Whatever happened to Marcel Carné?
Afterlife II: The rise and rise of Le Jour se lève
Notes
Conclusion
Notes
Appendix 1: Credits
Appendix 2: Marcel Carné filmography
Appendix 3: Select bibliography
