The story of how the people of Paris cope with the strains and struggles of war, from the siege of the city by the Prussians during the Franco-Prussian War of 1871 to the invasion by the Germans in World War II.
The life of Thérèse Martin, who entered the Carmel at the age of 15, in 1888, under the name of Sister Thérèse of the Child Jesus, died nine years later, and canonized in 1925.
A washerwoman works so long for the same bosses that she gets to like their young son very much. One day she is unjustly accused of robbery, and dismissed. She suffers in her loneliness, until the day she hears that the boy is terminally ill, and there's no medical hope for him. She comes back and sits by him, praying to Saint Thérèse de Lisieux - and the miracle happens.
A poor woman forced to sew in a brothel for a living, a museum guard whose daughters party, an old lady with a fiery heart, and a teacher whose daughter is dying of tuberculosis, live in the same building and everyone dreams of love.
A widower sends his son Dédé to boarding school, falls in love with a young woman and gradually neglects the child, not out of disaffection but because of routine. The little boy is helpless: he feels he has been completely forsaken - Fortunately, things improve: Dédé ends up finding a new mummy.
나는 이 영화에서 사실주의라 불리는 스타일에 처음 근접했다. 이 영화는 내 영화경력의 전환점이다 - 장 르누아르 라 푸샤르디에르의 소설을 각색한 작품. 몽마르트 거리에서 실제 촬영, 녹음된 프랑스 최초의 현장녹음 영화이다. 르누아르는 원작의 희극성에 초점을 맞추지 않고, 사랑에 빠진 한 중년남자가 타락해 가는 과정을 비극적으로 그려내고 있다. 30년대 프랑스 시적 리얼리즘 영화의 가장 중요한 배우 중 한 명인 미셸 시몽이 주인공 르그랑 역을 맡아 빼어난 연기를 보여준다. 르누아르의 영원한 주제인 '삼각관계'를 다룬 영화로, 촬영 후 배우들이 실제 삼각관계에 빠지기도 했다. 르누아르의 30년대 전성기를 여는 작품으로 흥행도 크게 성공했다. 후에 프리츠 랑이 로 리메이크한 작품.
Poor Arlette is married off by her well meaning mother to a supposed count who turns out to be a fake and a crook.Arlette seeks out the real count, to whom in name technically she is married.
