Lady Killer

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Lady Killer

Released Aug 4, 2023

1h 30m

Drama

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The bitter owner (Jean Gabin) of a run-down Parisian cafe runs into his former lover (Mireille Balin).

Anthony Lane

The New Yorker

“Lady Killer” strikes me as the real deal.

Aug 4, 2023

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Beatrice Loayza

New York Times

Grémillon supplements the bleak fatalism and noirish intrigue with bursts of quivering melodrama that enrich and expand the story beyond its ostensible fatal-attraction framework.

Aug 3, 2023

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Dan Callahan

Slant Magazine

A haunting film.

Rated: 4/4

May 5, 2004

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Diana Tuova

Loud and Clear Reviews

The film...delivers a rewarding cinematic experience overall...thanks to Jean Grémillon’s thoughtful direction, and Jean Gabin and Mireille Balins’s fine turns as lovers at cross-purposes.

Rated: 3.5/5

Nov 12, 2024

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Kent Turner

Film-Forward.com

Elegant, oozing with atmosphere.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 3, 2023

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French melodrama features an outstanding performance by Gabin.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Just saw this in the cinema which often heightens the experience, my first question was what did the cahiers du film make of Gremilon. The new wave might be an easy way to ignore the work before as here was a father figure for the hungry auteurs.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Jean Grémillon

Director

Jean Gabin

Lucien Bourrache

Mireille Balin

Madeleine

René Lefèvre

René

Marguerite Deval

Madame Courtois

Henri Poupon

Monsieur Cailloux

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Synopsis

The bitter owner (Jean Gabin) of a run-down Parisian cafe runs into his former lover (Mireille Balin).

Director: Jean Grémillon
Producer: Raoul Ploquin
Screenwriter: Jean Grémillon, Charles Spaak
Distributor: Grasshopper Film
Production Co: Universum Film A.G.
Genre: Drama
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 4, 2023, Limited
Runtime: 1h 30m

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