L'Atalante

L'Atalante

1934 · 1 hr 29 min · Not Rated

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Directors

Jean Vigo

Actors

  • Dita Parlo
  • Jean Dasté
  • Gilles Margaritis

Credits: 6

Summary

Newly married couple Juliette and a ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L'atalante along with the captain's first mate Le père Jules and a cabin boy.

More about this movie

When Juliette marries Jean, she comes to live with him as he captains a river barge. Besides the two of them, are a cabin boy and the strange old second mate, Pere Jules. Soon bored by life on the river, she slips off to see the nightlife when they land at Paris. Angered by this, Jean sets off, leaving Juliette behind. Overcome by grief and longing for his wife, Jean falls into a depression and Pere Jules goes searching for Juliette.