La Travers%C3%A9e de Paris (film)


La Traverse de Paris the trip across Paris is a 1956 French comedydrama directed by Claude AutantLara, starring Jean Gabin, Bourvil and Louis de Funs. The film is known under the titles Four Bags Full USA, Pig Across Paris UK, The Trip Across Paris International English title. It is set in occupied Paris in 1942 and tells the story of two men who defy the curfew to deliver pork for the black market. The film is based on the short story La traverse de Paris by Marcel Aym.

Action takes place in Paris during WWII in 1942. Unemployed TaxiDriver, Marcel Martin makes his living delivering parcels on the black market. One day, he must carry by foot, to the other side of the capital, four suitcases containing pork meat. He goes to the basement of a grocer named Jambier and plays the accordion while the animal is butchered.Martin then goes with his wife Mariette to the restaurant where he must find his accomplice. He learns that he has been arrested by the police. A stranger then enters the restaurant and on a misunderstanding, Martin invited him to share his meal and to work with him replacing his former accomplice. ........

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