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L'Atalante
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', also released as ' (), is a 1934 French film written and directed by Jean Vigo, and starring Jean Dasté, Dita Parlo, and Michel Simon.
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L'Atalante is a 1934 French drama and romance film directed and written by Jean Vigo. The cast includes Dita Parlo, Michel Simon, Claude Aveline, and Paul Grimault. The narrative is set in Paris and features keywords such as depression, marriage, surrealism, underwater scenes, and a barge. The film was produced by Gaumont and Argui-Film, with production design by Francis Jourdain.
Maurice Jaubert composed the music, and Boris Kaufman served as the director of photography. The black-and-white movie has a runtime of 88 or 89 minutes. It was distributed by Gaumont and Netflix, with availability on video on demand through providers like the Criterion Channel and Darkroom. The production cost was 1,000,000.
The film holds a review score of 9.1 out of 10 and 100%, with an IMDb rating of 7.7 and a TMDb vote average of 7.5. It has been assessed using the Bechdel test.
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Film · TMDB
7.5Newly married couple Juliette and ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L'Atalante along with the captain's first mate and a cabin boy.
Cast
- Michel Simon as Père Jules
- Dita Parlo as Juliette
- Jean Dasté as Jean
- Gilles Margaritis as Peddler
- Louis Lefebvre as Cabin Boy
- Maurice Gilles as Office Manager
Themes
- depression
- marriage
- surrealism
- underwater
- barge
- marital problem
- bold
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Key facts
- Film.name
- L'Atalante
- Film.image
- L'Atalante_poster.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Jean Vigo
- Film.producer
- Jacques-Louis Nounez
- Film.story
- Jean Guinée
- Film.screenplay
- Jean VigoAlbert Riéra
- Film.starring
- Michel SimonDita ParloJean Dasté
- Film.music
- Maurice Jaubert
- Film.cinematography
- Boris Kaufman
- Film.editing
- Louis Chavance
- Film.studio
- Argui-Films
- Film.distributor
- Gaumont Film Company
- Film.runtime
- 65 minutes (original French release) 85 minutes (restored version)
- Film.language
- French
- Film.country
- France
- Film.budget
- FF1 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- romance film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- French
- Director
- Jean Vigo
- Screenwriter
- Jean Vigo
- Cast member
- Pierre Prévert
- Composer
- Maurice Jaubert
- Production company
- Gaumont
- Cinematographer
- Boris Kaufman
- Narrative location
- Paris
- Duration
- 89
- FilmAffinity ID
- 165447
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1934-04-24
- title
- L'Atalante
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- Francis Jourdain
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 100%
- capital cost
- 1000000
- Commons category
- L'Atalante (1934)
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Background and writing
- Casting
- Filming
- Vigo's health
- Initial release and reception
- Legacy
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
', also released as ' (), is a 1934 French film written and directed by Jean Vigo, and starring Jean Dasté, Dita Parlo, and Michel Simon.
After the difficult release of his controversial 1933 short film Zero for Conduct, Vigo initially wanted to make a film about the French anarchist and illegalist Eugène Dieudonné, with whom Vigo's father (anarchist Miguel Almereyda) had been associated in 1913. After Vigo and his producer Jacques-Louis Nounez struggled to find the right project for a feature film, Nounez finally gave Vigo an unproduced screenplay by Jean Guinée about barge dwellers. Vigo re-wrote the story with Albert Riéra, while Nounez secured a distribution deal with the Gaumont Film Company with a budget of FF 1 million. Vigo used many of the technicians and actors who worked with him on Zero for Conduct, such as cinematographer Boris Kaufman and actor Jean Dasté.
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