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Hotel Du Nord [1938] [DVD]

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Actors: Annabella, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Louis Jouvet, Arletty, Paulette Dubost
Directors: Marcel Carn�
Writers: Eug�ne Dabit, Henri Jeanson, Jean Aurenche
Producers: Jean L�vy-Strauss
Format: PAL
Language French
Subtitles: English
Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Classification: PG
Studio: Soda Pictures
DVD Release Date: 24 April 2006
Run Time: 95 minutes

Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

ASIN: B000E6UXY8
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 14,433 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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A complex plot revolves around the family run 'Hotel Du Nord', located along the Canal Saint-Martin Canal in Paris. A young couple arrives and books one night having decided to kill themselves in a suicide pact. However the young man, Pierre, drops the gun and takes flight after taking the first shot at Renee, who survives and takes employment at the hotel as a chambermaid. Meanwhile the stories of a pimp and a prostitute and the various patrons and staff become interwoven in true French style.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Hotel du Nord , 12 Feb 2009

By	Steven Ungar - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This classic among French poetic realist films of the mid-1930s was adapted from a 1929 novel by Eugene Dabit. Director Marcel Carn�, best-known a decade later for CHILDREN OF PARADISE, added major star-power(Annabella, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Arletty, and Louis Jouvet)to turn Dabit's populist novel toward melodrama. Arletty's retort to Jouvet -- "Atmosphere? Atmosphere? Do I look like an atmosphere kind of girl?" (Atmosph�re, atmosph�re, est-ce-que j'ai une gueule d'atmosph�re?)is justly memorable. Image quality and subtitles on this DVD are superb.

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5.0 out of 5 stars "Atmosphere, atmosphere!", 7 Mar 2009

By	Trevor Willsmer (London, England) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

Sandwiched between Quai des Brumes and Le Jour Se Leve and with a plot beginning and ending with acts of suicide, Hotel Du Nord is in many ways the lightest of Marcel Carne's classic poetic realist movies - at least some characters get a happy ending here. Although a quite lavish production, this is no Grand Hotel exercise in glamour, following instead the thwarted lives and loves of the occupants of a small hotel by the side of Paris' Canal Saint-Martin (in reality built on the studio backlot). At times it almost feels like a Jean Renoir film, never judging its characters but allowing them the occasional moments of hope that make their lives worth living.

The film does at times feel a little unbalanced by the shift of emphasis from the would-be doomed lovers to Arletty's streetwalker and even more by Louis Jouvert's pimp who disastrously briefly discovers his true self (a performance compelling and powerful enough to make you regret the fact that Jouvert chose to make so few films), while co-writer Henri Jeansen's dislike of Jean Pierre Aumont does mean he's too busy describing himself as a piece of merde to display his usual screen charisma, yet the film is such a marvellous match of style and content that you willing go along with the film's ebb and flow. With Louis N�e and Armand Thirard's gliding camerawork complimenting Alexandre Trauner's truly amazing set while Maurice Jaubert effectively reuses part of his score that had been dropped from the reissue prints of L'Atalante on the soundtrack, it's practically a masterclass in pre-war French cinema. And the ending - with one character announcing the end of the Hotel Du Nord and the coming Jour se Leve - is a neat touch that feels just right rather than just showing off.

Soda's DVD is highly recommended, offering a good 18-minute introduction by Paul Ryan and a beautiful print that looks like the film was made only yesterday.

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3.0 out of 5 stars B Crawford review, 29 Jan 2009

By	W. S. Crawford - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this and another film Amelia for my daughter who is visiting Paris, and this old classic just gives you a quick Parsis buzz even though it was made over 70 years ago

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