Remorques
Jean Gabin stars as the captain of the tugboat Cyclone, whose crew saves imperilled ships from the stormy waters off his Brittany.
Gabin’s weary, stoic Captain Laurent, beloved of his loyal crew, is reminded of his mortality at the wedding of his shipmate and best friend. The wedding is interrupted by a distress call that pulls them into choppy waters. He unexpectedly finds himself falling for the beautiful Catherine (Michéle Morgan), the hard-luck woman he saves from the storm. As he attempts to rescue her from a brutal relationship, Laurent’s wife of ten years (Madeleine Renaud) pressures him to retire, while his boss essentially blackmails him to stay on. Shown to mark the 50th anniversary of Gabin’s death on 15 November 1976. “Humane, entertaining and technically brilliant. Proves Grémillon to be one of cinema’s true hidden masters” - The Eclipse Viewer.
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France 1941 Jean Grémillon 91m
