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100% Tomatometer 32 Reviews 87% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings Pépé le Moko (Jean Gabin), one of France's most wanted criminals, hides out in the Casbah section of Algiers. He knows police...
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- Jean Gabin
- Julien Duvivier
- Drama
PEPE LE MOKO from 1937: a French film noir made before WWII, directed by one of the greatest directors of the time, Julien Duvivier, with such talented cast like Jean Gabin, Mireille Balin, Gilbert Gil and Lucas Gridoux. The film was quite popular in Europe before WWII but later, a lot of people simply forgot it.
Pépé le moko Reviews. Duvivier frames it as a tragic and moving melodrama that, following the specificity of poetic realism, finds its strength in the dazzling performance of Jean Gabin and...
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"Pépé le Moko" is a great film-noir, with a good romance and excellent locations. The screenplay is very well developed, showing clearly the maze where Pépé is trapped, and explaining each character very well. Jean Gabin has an excellent performance in the role of a seductive criminal; Mireille Balin is extremely elegant, wearing beautiful ...
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- Crime, Drama, Romance
- Julien Duvivier
- 1941-03-03
Negative reviews of "Pépé le Moko" are fairly rare, with critics generally praising the film for its direction, performances, and themes. Most critics and scholars mark the film to be a crucial and noteworthy work of early French cinema.
Film Review. T he French film that is perhaps most evocative of early American film noir (that of the 1940s) is Julien Duvivier's doom-laden masterpiece Pépé le Moko, a film that is so depressingly grim that it was banned by the French government at the outset of WWII through concerns over its demoralising influence.
Despite its cheap budget, Pépé le Moko has an intriguing story that would be borrowed by several French, Italian and American classics (most notably Casablanca [1942]) and wonderful locations easily appreciated by a remarkable cinematography. It's a longstanding legend. 98/100
