Jour se Leve, Le

Francois (Jean Gabin) sits locked in his room, a gun in his hand, having just committed the murder. As he contemplates his fate, he reflects as to how events conspired to bring his life to this conclusion – starting with falling in love with a young florist whose attentions are soon distracted by the arrival of a Machiavellian dog trainer Valentin….

A Model of French Poetic Realism
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