This film is an example of what you might see stereotyped in people's discussions about French films, ie, downbeat and emotionally negative. There is a resolve of sorts at the end but it is nevertheless accompanied by other unhappy circumstances.
It's a film that follows the lives of some characters that pass through the Hotel du Nord, none of whom make much of their lives or seem contented with their lot. Bernard Bilier (Prosper) as a blood donor and Arletty (Raymonde) as the town whore are the most dynamic characters in that one is at least always happy whist the other puts some energy into her life. It's an ok film to watch but it has a typically depressing French outlook and very few characters that you will be able to identify with.
It needed a can-can segment and some onion sellers chomping on garlic to settle the audience into realism rather than all the moping around.
It's a film that follows the lives of some characters that pass through the Hotel du Nord, none of whom make much of their lives or seem contented with their lot. Bernard Bilier (Prosper) as a blood donor and Arletty (Raymonde) as the town whore are the most dynamic characters in that one is at least always happy whist the other puts some energy into her life. It's an ok film to watch but it has a typically depressing French outlook and very few characters that you will be able to identify with.
It needed a can-can segment and some onion sellers chomping on garlic to settle the audience into realism rather than all the moping around.