Marie wants to escape from her job and also from her lover, Paul, an unemployed drunk. She dreams of going off with Jean, a dockworker. The two men quarrel and fight over Marie on two occasions, but Paul retains a hold over her. Marie has a baby who falls ill and as time goes on Jean and a crippled neighbor try to help the child. Paul nearly causes the death of the child whilst in a drunken stupor and in a final struggle that occurs, the crippled woman seizes Paul’s gun and shoots him dead. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 7.8/10 | |
Released: | November 23, 1923 | |
Runtime: | 87 min | |
Genres: | Drama Romance | |
Companies: | Pathé Consortium Cinéma | |
Cast: | Léon Mathot Gina Manès Edmond Van Daële Claude Benedict | |
Crew: | Jean Epstein Marie Epstein | |
Rix : Contains spoilers. Click to show. Fun watch!, Glad it wasn't 🎄time in this film! It didn't remind me of "Die Hard" at all..