Au grand balcon (1949)

Au grand balcon is a French film first released in 1949, directed by Henri Decoin.  The film stars Pierre Fresnay, Georges Marchal, Robert Arnoux, Paul Azaïs and André Bervil.  Our overall rating for this film is: good.


1920.  Gilbert Carbot is the driven manager of a small aviation company in Toulouse.  He assures his customers that he can deliver letters anywhere quickly, whatever the obstacles, even at the risk of his pilots’ safety.  Carbot is a cold and distant man.  His pilots, who work under severe pressure, live at Le Grand Balcon, a hotel owned by two sisters Adeline and Françoise.  Jean Fabien is the best of Carbot’s pilots.  The two men may have frequent differences of opinion but they also have a secret admiration for each other.  After Spain, Carbot’s aeroplanes are now flying to Casablanca and Dakar.  When Didier, a younger pilot who is the nephew of Adeline and Françoise, is murdered, Jean suspects that Carbot may be responsible...
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