H%C3%B4tel du Nord

Htel du Nord is a 1938 French drama film directed by Marcel Carn and starring Annabella.

Later in the week, Rene, who was only wounded, wakes up in the hospital and finds out that Pierre has given himself over to the police and admitted his guilt in trying to murder his girlfriend. While Rene tries to tell the police that it was a pact to kill themselves, they do not believe her and Pierre is brought to jail. Once out of the hospital, Renee returns to the hotel and is offered a job as a maid and waitress until she gets herself back on her feet. Attractive, young, and famous because of her suicide attempt, Renee becomes popular with the men in the hotel and bar. Edmond, who was going to leave for the south of France with Raymonde, changes his plans when he sees that Renee has returned to the hotel, and falls in love with her. Edmond declares his love to Rene and tells her that he is used to be a crook and is now hiding from two men. Rene and Edmond make plans to leave Paris and begin anew, but Rene changes her mind at the last minute and returns to the hotel to wait for Pierre to get out of prison. Edmond follows Renee back to town to say goodbye, and she tells him that the men who are looking for him are upstairs in the hotel. Edmond goes upstairs and gives himself over to his pursuer who kills him, but no one hears the shots because of the commotion on the streets for Bastille Day.After the controversy over the army deserter in Port of Shadows, Carn wanted to steer clear of anything with political implications for his next film. Carn reduces any politics to that of the romantic relationships. The film required elaborate set pieces, but the films most elaborate sequence is the nighttime Bastille Day street celebration as it required over four hundred extras. ........

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