Port of Shadows

1938 [FRENCH]

Action / Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 97% · 29 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 91% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.7/10 10 10809 10.8K

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Director

Marcel Carné Photo
Marcel Carné

Top cast

Édouard Delmont Photo
Édouard Delmont as Panama
Michèle Morgan Photo
Michèle Morgan as Nelly
Jean Gabin Photo
Jean Gabin as Jean
Michel Simon Photo
Michel Simon as Zabel
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848.58 MB
986*720
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  fa  
23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
Seeds 1
1.54 GB
1480*1080
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  fa  
23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
Seeds 18

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by blanche-2 8 / 10

Make sure the razor blades are locked up

Jean Gabin and Michelle Morgan star in the stylish Marcel Carne film, "Port of Shadows," made in 1938. There is simply no one like Jean Gabin - Hollywood had no idea what to do with him - here he was, this amazing leading man who looked like a character actor. Thankfully, the French knew what they had and kept him busy for 48 years.Gabin plays Jean, a military deserter who comes into the French port of Le Havre, intending to leave aboard ship for Venezuela. He meets the beautiful Nelly and is adopted by a small dog. Nelly is a real man magnet; she has a boyfriend Maurice, a father figure who is in love with her named Zabel, and Lucien, a hood in love with her. She and Jean fall in love, even though in her heart she knows that he has to leave Le Havre.These French films out-noir American film noirs, and this is a stylish, dark film filled with sadness, with a depressing ambiance throughout. If you were miserable when you started watching it, you'll be a mess when it's over. What I've gone through for Gabin - he was in so many dark, depressing films! If you're a fan of film noir (and/or Gabin), this is for you.
Reviewed by Polaris_DiB 9 / 10

Engaging, provoking theatre

Interesting what a contrast this movie makes to Carne's "The Children of Paradise". The two are almost complete opposites where mise-en-scene is concerned, and yet more interesting is that they both show a filmmaker with a craft of form and expression that rises beyond most other filmmakers, including his contemporaries."Port of Shadows" is about a French army deserter (Jean Gabin, wonderful as usual) who attempts to flee the nation in order to finally begin a life away from the bad luck that's always held him. He appears at a small port town, immediately falls in love, and sets off a chain of events that show an inherent fatalism with a sense of humor, tragedy, and substance.This movie has one of those scripts that's very appealing in the way that it sends characters wandering through the mists, and yet somehow everything comes together and ties up all loose ends by the end. Adding to it the moody, brooding cinematography filled with fog and smoke, and one can't help but immerse oneself gladly into a different world. Also, Carne adds a sense of theatricality and the Carnivalesque that even Fellini couldn't compare to.This is definitely a film that well deserves being called "a classic of French cinema." --PolarisDiB
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