Jean Epstein

  • Jean Epstein – Chanson d’Armor (1934)

    1931-1940DramaFranceJean EpsteinShort Film

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    Synopsis:
    Ballad-type drama-documentary spoken in the Breton language and set in a Breton fishing community, telling of the impossible love between a fisherman and the lady of the manor.Read More »

  • Jean Epstein – Les berceaux (1931)

    1931-1940FranceJean EpsteinMusicalShort Film

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    Here is the text for the poem by Sully Prudhomme that the song is based on:

    Le long du Quai, les grands vaisseaux,
    Que la houle incline en silence,
    Ne prennent pas garde aux berceaux,
    Que la main des femmes balance.

    Mais viendra le jour des adieux,
    Car il faut que les femmes pleurent,
    Et que les hommes curieux
    Tentent les horizons qui leurrent!
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  • Jean Epstein – Coeur fidèle AKA The Faithful Heart (1923)

    1921-1930DramaFranceJean EpsteinRomance

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    Quote:
    In Coeur Fidèle’s accompanying 44-page booklet, Jean Epstein, at a 1924 address, argues his film as “romantic” rather than”realist”, the label with which Italian poet Ricciotto Canudo assigned it before his death. The truth is that Epstein’s largely unknown masterpiece provides a fascinating agreement of the two styles, oscillating with seamless precision between reverie and sincerity. Marie (Gina Manès) is in love with Jean (Léon Mathot), a kind-hearted man who works on the Marseille docklands, but Marie’s adoptive parents want to marry her off to the obnoxious and unemployed drunk Petit Paul (Edmond Van Daële), and the scene is set for a sensational melodrama to unfold.Read More »

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