Port of Shadows
(1938)
★ 7.4 IMDb · 315 votes
Year: 1938
Runtime: 93 мин
Country: France
Director: Marcel Carné
Cast: Жан Габен, Мишель Симон, Мишель Морган, Пьер Брассёр, Эдуард Дельмон, Raymond Aimos, Robert Le Vigan, Рене Женин, Jenny Burnay, Roger Legris
Plot
Down a foggy, desolate road to the port city of Le Havre travels Jean, an army deserter looking for another chance to make good on life. Fate, however, has a different plan for him, as acts of both revenge and kindness render him front-page news.
Life's a rotten business, says Jean, a deserter who arrives at night in Le Havre, looking to leave the country. He lucks into civilian clothes, a little bit of money, a passport, and a dog, and he also meets Nelly, a 17-year-old who's grown up too fast. She's the object of lust of men: including a boyfriend Maurice, her putative protector Zabel, and Lucien, a local hood. Jean falls for her, faces down Lucien, and gives her courage to stand on her own feet. A ship is leaving for Venezuela; can at least one of them be on it, or is that just a dream?