Hotel du Nord
1938 · Movie · 97 min · ★ 7.2 · 85% critics
At a modest Paris hotel beside the Canal Saint-Martin, a desperate young couple’s troubled night sends ripples through the lives of residents and visitors. Around them, everyday people face love, loneliness, guilt, and the hope that life can still offer tenderness.
Based on L'Hôtel du Nord
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Details
- Original title
- Hôtel du Nord
- Years
- 1938
- Release date
- 1938-12-17
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Critic score
- 85/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (159 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy bittersweet French dramas with colorful hotel residents and romantic melancholy, especially near Port of Shadows or Daybreak; Not for you if you need fast pacing.
Pros: rich atmosphere; lively ensemble; sharp dialogue | Cons: slow stretches; uneven romance; gloomy mood
Themes
- hotel
- prostitute
- france
- sexual freedom
- prison visit
- blood transfusion
- suicide pact
- sexual liberation
- sexually aggressive woman
- young lovers
- canal locks
- bohemians
- +2 more
Cast & crew
Annabella
as Renée
Jean-Pierre Aumont
as Pierre
Louis Jouvet
as Monsieur Edmond
Arletty
as Raymonde
Paulette Dubost
as Ginette
Andrex
as Kenel
André Brunot
as Emile Lecouvreur
Henri Bosc
as Nazarède
Marcel André
as Le chirurgien
Bernard Blier
as Prosper
Directed by Marcel Carné