L'Homme mystérieux
1933 Drama / Thriller
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Summary
To resolve a business matter, Pierre needs to have his brother Raymond
released from the psychiatric institution to which he was committed
after he attacked his wife Louise. The latter is still convinced
that Raymond intends to kill her but agrees, reluctantly, to press for
her husband’s release. Against the advice of his doctor, Raymond
is allowed to return home to his wife and young son, apparently
restored to his erstwhile normality. Unfortunately, Raymond is
anything but well, and his wife’s fears are about to be
confirmed...Review
Any film enthusiast watching this little known short film from French
director Maurice Tourneur today would have little hesitation in
describing it as a fair example of classic film noir. The fact
that it was made almost a decade before the first bona fide American
film noir is interesting, since it demonstrates pretty convincingly
that the film noir style had its origins in European cinema of the
1930s and was not an
invention of Hollywood as some would claim. Tourneur would follow
this with a gangster thriller which is even more recognisable as an
almost full-blooded film
noir, Justin de Marseille
(1935).
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