Pépé le Moko Comments

  • Anibal 2022-06-08 22:57:09

    I like him to use two women to condense the concept of two cities. The so-called "freedom" is photographed with a great sense of irony, reflecting the tragedy of his own character in the end. How can it be free? Do not die for Paris today, and die for New York...

  • Wilbert 2022-06-08 18:32:01

    The 37-year film is so powerful, with two layers of narrative, one layer is realistic, the other layer is psychological, and the psychological layer gives the film a fable. The final ending is not so much to die for love silly, as it is to be unwilling to be confined to the cage, and would rather die than to show the determination to pursue a free man. That woman is not so much a lover as a call to freedom, the incarnation of a lost...

  • Bo 2022-06-08 18:05:50

    Several recurrent and important themes in the 1930s French films: Colonial expansion as a civilizing mission; Paris as the center, colonies as the periphery; fatalistic atmosphere; nostalgia (music hall) and modernity; mass entertainment and consumption; class...

  • Ernestina 2022-06-08 17:43:17

    The actor's charm is not convincing enough. The ending without love is always embarrassing. There is a kind of visual magic in the residential areas of Algiers, but it is not used to its fullest...

  • Santos 2022-06-08 16:31:27

    Light up. "You remind me of the subway" "-you smell so good" "-the subway smell"/ I want to say I love you, but I was blown away in the wind, suddenly turning around, you were there~~ I shouted your name, but you Covered his...

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    Inès: Forgive me.

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