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Daybreak

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The Long Night

Original title

Le Jour se lève

Year

1939

Running time

89 min.

Country

France

Director

Marcel Carné

Screenwriter

Jacques Viot, Jacques Prévert

Cast

Music

Maurice Jaubert

Cinematography

Curt Courant, Philippe Agostini, André Bac (B&W)

Producer

Productions Sigma

Genre

Drama. Romance. Thriller | Crime. Melodrama. Romantic Drama. Psychological Drama. French Poetic Realism

Synopsis

François has shot and killed a man and is now holed up in his apartment, under siege by the police. Over the course of a long night, he reflects on the circumstances of how he, someone whom everyone regards as a basically decent man, was reduced to murder. The events leading up to that fateful confrontation are recounted in a series of flashbacks.

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Rankings Position

#89 Best Movies of the '30s
#130 Best French Movies of all time
#148 Best Thrillers in the history of film

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