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Jabberwock's rating
You will find this movie marvelous, full of mysteries. You will remember it as a very pleasant moment in your life.
I strongly recommend it: 9 of 10.
And what again? Oh yes, overall if your name is Homer Simpson...
I strongly recommend it: 9 of 10.
And what again? Oh yes, overall if your name is Homer Simpson...
Is it possible to make an exceptional film with miserable people?
However, the children of the marsh, ordinary in their surroundings, become extraordinary when one throws them in the midst of civilization, actually in a pretty small French town stuffed with good wealthy "bourgeois".
The children of the marsh live in surroundings which could have been one of men living in middle ages, when sickness permitted only a short longevity.
It is the Utopia of nature's children, but with at hand all the resorts of civilization...and all its dangers, since the action goes between the two World Wars.
It is also the contrast of the solidarity between the children of the marsh and the good-natured selfishness of a prosperous middle class, which at the same time loves and rejects them.
However, the children of the marsh, ordinary in their surroundings, become extraordinary when one throws them in the midst of civilization, actually in a pretty small French town stuffed with good wealthy "bourgeois".
The children of the marsh live in surroundings which could have been one of men living in middle ages, when sickness permitted only a short longevity.
It is the Utopia of nature's children, but with at hand all the resorts of civilization...and all its dangers, since the action goes between the two World Wars.
It is also the contrast of the solidarity between the children of the marsh and the good-natured selfishness of a prosperous middle class, which at the same time loves and rejects them.
Here is a fine production by Julien Duvivier.
I had the impression to be one of the castle's festivity and the arrival of the "Visiteurs" added a mysterious ingredient that had, at the beginning at least, nothing of the despair that was part of their demoniacal mission.
The enchantment provoked by the satanic couple was a pure wonder. That momentary paralysis of a whole small world between two exciting scenes emphasized Arletty's and Cuny's masterly talent.
Jules Berry's play (the Devil) was so fascinating that it made me longing for a ticket to Hell.
That high class "fantasia" glide far over all those easy big budget "fantastic" productions which flood the film fans since too long.
I had the impression to be one of the castle's festivity and the arrival of the "Visiteurs" added a mysterious ingredient that had, at the beginning at least, nothing of the despair that was part of their demoniacal mission.
The enchantment provoked by the satanic couple was a pure wonder. That momentary paralysis of a whole small world between two exciting scenes emphasized Arletty's and Cuny's masterly talent.
Jules Berry's play (the Devil) was so fascinating that it made me longing for a ticket to Hell.
That high class "fantasia" glide far over all those easy big budget "fantastic" productions which flood the film fans since too long.