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Actors: Jean Gabin, Mireille Balin, Saturnin Fabre, Marcel Dalio, Gaston Modot, Fernand Charpin
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Pépé Le Moko |
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PEPE LE MOKO is a movie directed in France by Julien Duvivier in 1937. The picture was remade twice in Hollywood as John Cromwell's ALGIERS (1938) and John Berry's CASBAH (1948).
The setting is Algiers. Pépé Le Moko, a french gangster has become the King of the Casbah where the police can not arrest him because everybody loves and protects Pépé. Inspector Slimane has understood that the only way to catch Pépé is to make him get out of the Casbah. In the meantime, Pépé falls madly in love with a beautiful French tourist but he has to deal with his actual companion, Inez the gipsy, who won't surrender so easily.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Pépé Le Moko |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- love triangle/polygon
- spurned lover goes for revenge
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Lover is...
- criminal/bad doer
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- thief/con artist
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair style
- (woman) short/butch/lez
How much in movie?
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Arab
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Africa
Yes
Kind of Africa:
- Arabic Africa
City?
Yes
City:
- dangerous
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Check here if B&W
Yes
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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