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Little Lise

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Victor kills his wife in a fit of jealousy and serves several years in a chain gang. He returns to Paris to reunite with his daughter and is shocked to learn she has unwittingly committed a murder.

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Richard Brody The New Yorker 05/05/2014
The inky despair at the heart of film noir flows freely in prewar French working-class dramas, and this one, from 1930, directed by Jean Grmillon, adds a raw and thrashing physicality to its implacably bitter moods. Go to Full Review Dominique Païni Cahiers du Cinéma 06/06/2022
Grémillon’s stylistic audacity of combining documentary and experimentation faded with the dominance of poetic realism. But it continues to enrapture today. Go to Full Review Jean Lenauer Close Up 01/20/2021
Nadia Sibirskaia is wonderful. This actress whose work has astonished us already in Menilmontant, has gained additional force through speech. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Jean Grémillon

Director

Pierre Alcover

Victor Berthier

Nadia Sibirskaia

Lise Berthier

Alex Bernard

Un client de Lise

Julien Bertheau

André

Raymond Cordy

Un joueur de billard
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Synopsis Victor kills his wife in a fit of jealousy and serves several years in a chain gang. He returns to Paris to reunite with his daughter and is shocked to learn she has unwittingly committed a murder.
Director
Jean Grémillon
Producer
Bernard Natan, Emile Natan
Screenwriter
Charles Spaak
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 14m