Plot
Though filmmaker Marcel Carne was no longer considered a trendsetter in the French cinema in the 1950s, his films still turned a profit and pleased the crowd. Heading the cast of Carne’s L’Air de Paris is Jean Gabin, the star of the director’s earlier Daybreak and other films. Gabin plays Victor, an over-the-hill boxer who hopes to train his ring successor. One of his proteges is railroad worker Andre (Roland Lesaffre), who is hated on sight by Victor’s wife Blanche (Arletty). Before long, the irresponsible Andre proves that Blanche was right when he abandons his training in favor of a flashy floozie (Marie Daems). The ending of the film is Pure Hollywood, no matter what language the actors are speaking. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie GuideRead More »
Roland Lesaffre
-
Marcel Carné – L’Air de Paris AKA Air of Paris (1954)
Marcel Carné1951-1960ClassicsDramaFranceQueer Cinema(s) -
Marcel Carné – Terrain vague AKA Wasteland (1960)
1951-1960DramaFranceMarcel CarnéQuote:
Young Danny, better known as Tomb, is the toughest in a street gang in Paris. She dresses as a boy and fights like a man.Read More » -
Marcel Carné – La Merveilleuse Visite AKA The Marvelous Visit (1974)
1971-1980DramaFantasyFranceMarcel CarnéQueer Cinema(s)Synopsis
Jean stars as an angel who has fallen from heaven and landed in a picturesque French village.
Nursed back to health by the local priest and his helper, he returns the favor in a surprising fashion.Un matin, le recteur d’un petit village breton découvre le corps d’un jeune inconnu gisant nu sur la grève.
Au presbytère où on l’a transporté, l’inconnu retrouve ses esprits et déclare
qu’il est un ange tombé du ciel. Précisément la nuit de la Saint-Jean.Read More » -
Jean-François Davy – Traquenards AKA Erotique (1969)
Jean-François Davy1961-1970CrimeFranceThrillerSynopsis
Hans Meyer and Roland Lessafre are a couple of buddies who get mixed up with a white-slave trader. Pursued by a pair of mob-connected brothers, Lessafre is killed. Meyer retaliates by killing one of the brothers, then enlists the aid of his friend Anna Gael in tracking down the remaining sibling. When Meyer himself is killed, Gael is abducted by the slavers…Read More »