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Lady Killer

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The bitter owner (Jean Gabin) of a run-down Parisian cafe runs into his former lover (Mireille Balin).

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Lady Killer

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Anthony Lane The New Yorker 08/04/2023
“Lady Killer” strikes me as the real deal. Go to Full Review Beatrice Loayza New York Times 08/03/2023
Grémillon supplements the bleak fatalism and noirish intrigue with bursts of quivering melodrama that enrich and expand the story beyond its ostensible fatal-attraction framework. Go to Full Review Dan Callahan Slant Magazine 05/05/2004
4/4
A haunting film. Go to Full Review Diana Tuova Loud and Clear Reviews 11/12/2024
3.5/5
The film...delivers a rewarding cinematic experience overall...thanks to Jean Grémillon’s thoughtful direction, and Jean Gabin and Mireille Balins’s fine turns as lovers at cross-purposes. Go to Full Review Kent Turner Film-Forward.com 08/03/2023
3/4
Elegant, oozing with atmosphere. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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04/05/2015 French melodrama features an outstanding performance by Gabin. See more 07/12/2013 Just saw this in the cinema which often heightens the experience, my first question was what did the cahiers du film make of Gremilon. The new wave might be an easy way to ignore the work before as here was a father figure for the hungry auteurs. See more Read all reviews
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Jean Grémillon

Director

Jean Gabin

Lucien Bourrache

Mireille Balin

Madeleine

René Lefèvre

René

Marguerite Deval

Madame Courtois

Henri Poupon

Monsieur Cailloux
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Movie Info

Synopsis The bitter owner (Jean Gabin) of a run-down Parisian cafe runs into his former lover (Mireille Balin).
Director
Jean Grémillon
Producer
Raoul Ploquin
Screenwriter
Jean Grémillon, Charles Spaak
Distributor
Grasshopper Film
Production Co
Universum Film A.G.
Genre
Drama
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 4, 2023, Limited
Runtime
1h 30m
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