Up Next in Adam Gopnik’s Adventures in Moviegoing

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  L’Atalante

  L’Atalante

  Directed by Jean Vigo • 1934 • France

  In Jean Vigo's hands, an unassuming tale of conjugal love becomes an achingly romantic reverie of desire and hope. Jean (Jean Dasté), a barge captain, marries Juliette (Dita Parlo), an innocent country girl, and the two climb aboard Jean's boat, the L'Atalan...

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  Adam Gopnik on GRAND ILLUSION

  Adam Gopnik on GRAND ILLUSION

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  Grand Illusion

  Grand Illusion

  Directed by Jean Renoir • 1937 • France
  Starring Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim

  One of the very first prison escape movies, GRAND ILLUSION is hailed as one of the greatest films ever made. Jean Renoir’s antiwar masterpiece stars Jean Gabin and Pierre Fresnay as French soldiers he...