The Courtyard 

L'Atalante (U)

Director: Jean Vigo
Starring: Dita Parlo, Jean Daste, Michel Simon
France, 1934, 1 hour 29 minutes, subtitles

Funny, erotic and heartrending, this is perhaps the most romantic film ever made. Newly-weds Juliette and barge captain Jean soon find their relationship showing signs of strain. Sharing a cramped boat with an eccentric bosun, a cabin boy and a clutter of cats doesn’t help; nor does the couple’s reluctance to compromise.

To this simple story Vigo brings a rich array of moods to explore the nuances of every single emotion they feel. While the lyrical camerawork, injections of surrealism and the achingly vulnerable intensity of the performances transport us to a magical place between objective realism and subjective fantasy. No other film matches its mix of playfulness, poetry, sensuality and tenderness.

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