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In Jean Vigo’s hands, an unassuming tale of conjugal love becomes an achingly romantic reverie of desire and hope. Jean (Jean Dasté), a barge captain, marries Juliette (Dita Parlo), an innocent country girl, and the two climb aboard Jean’s boat, the L’Atalante—otherwise populated by an earthy first mate (Michel Simon) and a multitude of mangy cats—and embark on their new life together. Both a surprisingly erotic idyll and a clear-eyed meditation on love, L’Atalante, Vigo’s only feature-length work, is a film like no other.
Original Release
09/13/1934
US Release
06/21/1947
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Dita Parlo | Juliette |
Jean Dasté | Jean |
Gilles Margaritis | Le camelot (peddler) / Le camelot |
Louis Lefebvre | Le gosse (cabin boy) / Le gosse |
Maurice Gilles | Le chef de bureau / Le chef de bureau (office manager) |
Raphaël Diligent | Le trimardeur (tramp / Raspoutine) / Raspoutine, the boatman |
Michel Simon | Le père Jules (old Jules) / Le père Jules |
René Blech | Best Man at Wedding |
Lou Bonin | Passenger at Railway Station |
Jacques B. Brunius | Policeman with a Bicycle |
Directors
Writers
Jean Vigo, Jean Guinée, Albert Riéra
Cast
Name | Character |
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Dita Parlo | Juliette |
Jean Dasté | Jean |
Gilles Margaritis | Le camelot (peddler) / Le camelot |
Louis Lefebvre | Le gosse (cabin boy) / Le gosse |
Maurice Gilles | Le chef de bureau / Le chef de bureau (office manager) |
Raphaël Diligent | Le trimardeur (tramp / Raspoutine) / Raspoutine, the boatman |
Michel Simon | Le père Jules (old Jules) / Le père Jules |
René Blech | Best Man at Wedding |
Lou Bonin | Passenger at Railway Station |
Jacques B. Brunius | Policeman with a Bicycle |
Fanny Clair | Juliette's Mother |
Fanny Clar | La mère de Juliette |
Charles Dorat | Thief |
Paul Grimault | Passenger at Railway Station |
Genya Lozinska | Fortune Teller |
Gen Paul | Master of Ceremonies at Wedding |
Jacques Prévert | Passenger at Railway Station |
Pierre Prévert | Le voyageur pressé |
Claude Aveline | (Uncredited) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jacques-Louis Nounez | Producer |