Hôtel du Nord

Marcel Carné’s portrait of longing, class and disillusionment in 1930s Paris is a key work pf poetic realism.

  • Director

    Marcel Carné

  • With

    Jean-Pierre Aumont, Annabella, Arletty, Louis Jouvet

  • France 1938. 95min

  • Digital

  • Certificate

    PG

  • English subtitles

In the titular hotel, a modest building sitting on the bank of Paris’ Canal Saint-Martin, two couples’ lives intertwine following a botched suicide pact. Among the leading examples of French poetic realism, this melancholic yet riveting portrait of pre-war working-class life showcases memorable performances by some of the 1930s French cinema’s most celebrated stars, a jazz-inspired score and moodily atmospheric visuals.

Contains themes of suicide.