Alliance Française de Delhi Learn French, Delf-Dalf Exam, Indo-French Cultural Events
Date/Time
Date(s) - 24/12/2015
6:30 pm
Location
M L Bhartia Auditorium, Alliance Francaise de Delhi
Categories
Initial release: March 9, 1945 :: Director: Marcel Carné
Running time: 3h10min :: French with English subtitles
Free Entry. Open to all
Plot: This tragic tale centers around the ill-fated love between Baptiste, a theater mime, and Claire Reine, an actress and otherwise woman-about-town who calls herself Garance. Garance, in turn, is loved by three other men: Frederick, a pretentious actor; Lacenaire, a conniving thief; and Count Eduard of Monteray. The story is further complicated by Nathalie, an actress who is in love with Baptiste. Garance and Baptiste meet when Garance is falsely accused of stealing a man’s watch. Garance is forced to enter the protection of Count Eduard when she is innocently implicated in a crime committed by Lacenaire. In the intervening years of separation, both Garance and Baptiste become involved in loveless relationships with the Count and Nathalie, respectively. Baptiste is the father of a son. Returning to Paris, Garance finds that Baptiste has become a famous mime actor. Nathalie sends her child to foil their meeting, but Baptiste and Garance manage one night together. Lacenaire murders Edouard. In the last scenes, Garance is returning to Eduard’s hotel and disaster as Baptiste struggles after her through crowds of merrymakers, many dressed as his famous character.
Dans le décor du boulevard du crime, parmi les acteurs, les bateleurs et les mimes, s’épanouit le grand amour qui lie la belle Garance et Jean-Baptiste Deburau. Autour d’eux se croisent d’autres destins: l’assassin-dandy Lacenaire qui tue le comte de Montray, protecteur de Garance Nathalie qui épouse Jean-Baptiste sans parvenir à effacer le souvenir de sa rivale et Frederick Lemaitre qui a connu Garance, lui aussi, mais dont l’unique passion reste le thé tre.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1Nz-U9znnY
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