Julien Duvivier – Le paquebot Tenacity aka S.S. Tenacity (1934)

Paris, at the time of the Great Depression. Bastien, a manual worker, persuades his timid friend, Ségard, to leave with him for Canada, to start a new life in a country where, according to the publicity films, everything is possible. The two men arrive in the port of Le Havre, ready to depart on the ocean liner Tenacity. They take lodgings at a boarding house where they both fall under the spell of the charming serving girl Thérèse. When the boat’s departure is delayed, Bastien takes advantage of the hiatus to court Thérèse. One evening, he gets her drunk and lures her into bed with him, without his friend knowing. The next day, Bastien has made up his mind to stay in France with Thérèse…

A nice little (and short) film before all the main Duvivier’s “Avant-guerre” masterworks: “La bandera”, “La belle équipe”, “Pépé le Moko”, “Un carnet de bal”, “La fin du jour”.
With a pre-“Front populaire” mood and wonderful views of industrial, maritime architectures, it’s an interesting simple chronicle with fresh characters and acting, as a draft for “La belle équipe”.

Le paquebot Tenacity.TVRIP.720p.mkv

General
Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1h 10mn
Size: 	2.02 GiB
Video
Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	958x720 
Aspect ratio:  	4:3
Frame rate: 	25.000 fps
Bit rate: 	4 000 Kbps
BPP: 	0.232
Audio
#1:  	French 2.0ch AAC

https://nitro.download/view/CDFCA147641DCE4/Le_paquebot_Tenacity.TVRIP.720p.mkv
https://nitro.download/view/04403D06A467098/Le_paquebot_Tenacity_(Julien_Duvivier).srt

Language(s):French
Subtitles:English