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Gates of Paris (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Porte des Lilas' (English: 'Gate of Lilacs') is a 1957 French-Italian dramatic film directed by Ren Clair, based on Ren Fallet's novel 'La Grande Ceinture'. The film is known as both 'Gates of Lilacs' and 'The Gates of Paris', but was released under the latter title in the United States.According to Ronald Bergan and Robyn Karney in the 'Bloomsbury Foreign Film Guide' (London: Bloomsbury, 1988, p. 224) and Melissa E. Biggs ('French Films, 19451993', Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1996, p. 221) the film has these two alternate English titles. The English title used on the original British release is unclear.
Plot
Artiste is an unemployed impoverished man who dwells in his own, derelict house with his likewise unemployed best friend Juju. One day they come across the wanted criminal Barbier hiding in their home. Juju admires the threefold murderer, yet when he witnesses him bragging about having compromised a girl for financial benefit, his feelings turn straight into the opposite and he shoots Barbier dead.
Cast
* Pierre Brasseur as Juju
* Georges Brassens as Artiste
* Henri Vidal as Pierre Barbier
* Dany Carrel as Maria
* Raymond Bussires as Alphonse
* Gabrielle Fontan as Madame Sabatier
* Amde as Paulo - a regular at the caf
* Annette Poivre as Nnette
* as Paulo's friend
* Alice Tissot as the concierge
* Paul Prboist
Awards
The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and a BAFTA Award in 1958 and won the Bodil Award for Best European Film.
See also
* List of submissions to the 30th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of French submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
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