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Jean

Nelly
Zabel
Lucien
Panama
Quart Vittel
Critic Reviews for Port of Shadows (Le quai des brumes)
All Critics (24) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (23) | Rotten (1)
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Because it is so uncompromising, so pure, "Port of Shadow's" particularly French brand of romantic fatalism still knocks us out decades after the fact.
January 31, 2013 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review… -
We empathize with their resistance to suffer, but it's hard to feel something other than philosophical respect for characters who think of swimmers as soon-to-be drowned men.
September 13, 2012 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review… -
From Gabin's fatigued magnetism to cinematographer Eugen Schfftan's woodcut-worthy attention to texture, this is movie melancholia of the very highest order.
September 11, 2012 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review… -
As a film that neither attempts more than it can do nor is satisfied with the trivial, Port of Shadows is a pleasure.
August 29, 2012 | Full Review… -
Pessimistic, yet strangely sublime.
May 3, 2012 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review… -
The results are frustrating, though Michel Simon is wonderfully vulnerable as the shopkeeper Zabel, who complains about the injustice of loving like Romeo but looking like Bluebeard.
May 3, 2012 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for Port of Shadows (Le quai des brumes)
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Oct 06, 2015Port of Shadows is French proto-noir. The film is put together nicely in terms of shooting and vibe; the main characters have an odd but good chemistry. I agree with other reviewers that the plot is a bit lacking and the film is strangely episodic but nonetheless uprate it on account of it satisfying my tastes (French, noir).Robert B Super Reviewer
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Aug 02, 2014Love is the only hope for people who, paradoxically seek freedom in their already predestined lives. An elegy with haunting, dreamlike atmosphere.Pierluigi P Super Reviewer
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May 22, 2010an excellent thriller/mystery from marcel carne about a wandering soldier running from his past, but is unable to run from himself. the film has great performances, especially from gabin, and has a perfect running time to tell a simple story but keep the intrigue.danny d Super Reviewer
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Dec 18, 2009Nelly...girl of the waterfront...who at seventeen...had lived far beyond her yearsWahida K Super Reviewer
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