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Hôtel du Nord (1938)

★ 7.595 minDirector: Marcel Carné

1938 film directed by Marcel Carné

Hôtel du Nord is a 1938 French drama film directed by Marcel Carné that stars Arletty, Louis Jouvet, Annabella, and Jean-Pierre Aumont. It tells the story of two couples in Paris, one being a prostitute and her pimp and the other two young lovers without regular jobs. A work of poetic realism, cinematography, music, and dialogue add a poetic dimension to the lives and surroundings of working-class people.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is Hôtel du Nord about?
Hôtel du Nord (1938) — On the mournful bank of the meandering Canal St. Martin, at the cheap Parisian Hôtel du Nord, the dejected young lovers, Pierre and Renée, take a room, bent on fulfilling an unholy pact. Then, in the dead of night, a nearly fatal gunshot chills the bone to the marrow, splitting t
Is Hôtel du Nord based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Hôtel du Nord scary?
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