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ACTOR
Jean GabinDanielle DarrieuxNadja TillerPaul Frankeur
DIRECTOR
Gilles Grangier
SYNOPSICS
Le désordre et la nuit (1958) is a French movie. Gilles Grangier has directed this movie. Jean Gabin,Danielle Darrieux,Nadja Tiller,Paul Frankeur are the starring of this movie. It was released in 1958. Le désordre et la nuit (1958) is considered one of the best Crime,Drama,Romance,Thriller movie in India and around the world.
When the middle-aged police inspector Georges Vallois is assigned to investigate the murder case of a drug dealer, the suspect is his addicted mistress Lucky Fridel. But soon Vallois and Lucky have a love affair and he believes she is innocent and needs rehab.
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Le désordre et la nuit (1958) Reviews
Night and the city
Although it is not based on a Simenon novel,the atmosphere recalls that of the Belgian writer.And Audiard comes up with one good line or two particularly when Gabin tells Darrieux that ,with her medicine,she can calm her protégée forever. Another proof positive that Grangier was a good director in the fifties and if this one is not as exciting as "Danger De Mort" or "Retour A L'Envoyeur " ,it's because the writers hesitate between detective story and psychological drama.The two sides of the plot do not hang well together ;besides,Darrieux's part,very important,is underwritten and it's 45 minutes before she appears. Grangier knew how to show the big city at night with its lights ,its darkness on the edge ,its shady places .He was not afraid,like Decoin in "Razzia Sur LA Chnouff " to show an already drug-addicted youth.The Commissaire /Young girl relationship is as much father /daughter as it is lovers .This loser is actually from a wealthy German family,a subject which would be trendy ten years later in the wake of May 68.
Late Gabin picture has interest
Jean Gabin is not playing Inspecteur Maigret here, but he is a detective investigating the murder of a night club owner who also deals heroin. Nadja Tiller plays a glamourous habituee of the club who falls for Gabin; she is also a junkie. Her scene of withdrawal is far from the gritty reality, she just seems to have a hangover and sweats a bit. I was impressed with Hazel Scott in a small part as the club's pianist-singer. This Barbadian-born performer married Adam Clayton Powell and had to leave the US in the Fifties because of her leftist politics. She was played by Vanessa L. Williams in a recent made for TV movie. On the basis of this small part, she could have had a career like Dorothy Dandridge's.
The junkie and the police-inspector.
They form a couple that you don't forget: Inspector Georges Vallois (Jean Gabin) and Lucky Fridel (Nadja Tiller), the latter being a former miss Austria. Her beauty and her charm change the mind of the inspector and turn him away from his duties. There is a game of attraction and repulsion between both as never seen in French cinema. He could be her father. There is a scene where Vallois answers tho her father that she could end up in prostitution if her father does not give her money anymore. Does Valois feel pity for her? The novel by Jacques Robert inspired the experienced director Gilles Grangier to this movie with a peculiar ending. Also Thérèse Marken (Danielle Darieux) give the dialogues between her and Vallois a captivating tension. Vallois is a bit Maigret-like but he has his own touch and is more human. It is also remarkable that the writer Jacques Robert adapted later a novel of Georges Simenon for the screen (Maigret voit rouge). This movie has kept all its freshness after those years but the problem of junkies has still grown more.
Well, it's pretty obvious this is not an American film noir thriller!
Although the French made some terrific film noir movies, in some cases it's more than just the language that makes them different from their American counterparts. Take "The Night Affair", for example. It has a plot that NEVER would have been used in an American film of the day--unless major changes had been made in the plot. Keep reading and I think you'll agree. The film stars Jean Gabin as a police detective. This surprised me a bit, as in almost all the films I've seen him in, he's played a bad guy--a career criminal, a dangerous psychotic or a guy on the run from the law. However, the role seemed less surprising when I saw what sort of cop he was, as his moral compass was a bit impaired. This is apparent when he meets a very pretty lady who turns out to be a prostitute. He sleeps with her and the next day notices the tell-tale signs that she is a drug addict. Instead of dropping her or perhaps arresting her, however, he spends the rest of the movie running interference for her--even when it appears she might have committed murder. As I said above, the plot is NOT like an American film noir. While cops COULD be evil or have a misdirected ethical base, sleeping with a junkie is not something you're going to see in a 1950s American film. Now my comments are not necessarily a complaint. The film is well made and somewhat interesting--though it does drag a bit as the film progresses. It's worth seeing--mostly because Gabin's performance is his usual effortless and graceful job.
Under rated french Noir!!!
The old treasures of worldwide's cinema reachs us after DVD's advent,this month came out a box of French's Noir,inside it a little gem with the great Jean Gabin and Danielle Darrieux,this pleasant picture was directed by an unknown craftsman Gilles Grangier who wasn't got a propper respect likes others french directors,but he owe nothing to anybody else,in fact a little masterpiece,driven it to smallest persons or invisibles ones who carry the world,besides Gabin desmiss any kind of feedback over such prominence who includes Darrieux too,all small characters has something to offer for the picture's success while still doesn't appeared here on IMDB yet,but cetainly in short time as soon as possible in face a priceless work!! Resume: First watch: 2018 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 8.75