让-路易斯·巴劳

Jenny" inaugurates the famous series of movies which made Marcel Carné one of the most brilliant directors of the era.From 1936 to 1946,with scenarist Jacques Prévert (and once with Henri Jeanson)he created what the critics called the "réalisme poétique".One should note that Carné himself used to hate this label.But who cares when you deal with such works as "quai des brumes" "le jour se lève " and "les enfants du paradis" ,to name but three? Jenny (Françoise Rosay) is a madam,and when her daughter comes back from England,she does not want her to find out what her job is really like.The plot is rather melodramatic and a bit cheesy,but the cast,including Jean-Louis Barrault,Charles Vanel and Robert Le Vigan is first-rate .A dirty world ,which is compared to the silt at the bottom of muddy waters.And as Jenny's final line says :"when you're at the bottom,you've got to stay at the bottom".

巴黎热闹的街上，美丽的女子Garance（阿莱缇 Arletty 饰）先是认识了演员Frédérick Lemaître（皮埃尔·布拉瑟 Pierre Brasseur 饰），然后又认识了Baptiste Deburau（让-路易斯·巴劳特 Jean-Louis Barrault 饰），她还有一个追求者Pierre-François Lacenaire，一个偷东西做些坏事的人。某个夜晚，Baptiste又在酒吧遇见了Garance，他向她表白爱意，Garance也喜欢Baptiste，两人来到Baptiste居住的旅馆。Baptiste希望Garance像他爱她一样爱他，于是离开了她的房间。恰巧Garance的隔壁住着的是Frédérick，两人遂一夜春宵，坠入爱河。Garance也加入了Baptiste和Frédérick的剧团。在一次演出上，一位花花公子，Comte Édouard de Montray被Garance的美丽深深吸引。他来到后台像Garance表达了他的爱，但被Garance拒绝。于是Édouard留下了他的联系方式，希望Garance有难的时候可以找他。不久，Garance卷入一宗谋杀案，她只能寻求Édouard的帮助。多年过去了，随着Édouard走遍各地的Garance又回到了巴黎，又遇到了Baptiste、Pierre-François和Frédérick.....