Gates of Paris (film)

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Porte des Lilas
Gates of Paris
Porte des Lilas Poster.jpg
Directed by René Clair
Written byNovel:
René Fallet
Screenplay:
René Clair
Jean Aurel
Produced byRené Clair
André Daven
Starring Pierre Brasseur
Georges Brassens
Henri Vidal
Dany Carrel
Cinematography Robert Lefebvre
Edited by Louisette Hautecoeur
Music by Georges Brassens
Distributed by Cinédis (France)
Lopert Pictures Corporation (U.S.)
Release dates
  • 20 September 1957 (1957-09-20)(Italy)
  • 25 September 1957 (1957-09-25)(France)
Running time
95 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguageFrench

Porte des Lilas (English: Gate of Lilacs) is a 1957 French-Italian dramatic film directed by René Clair, based on René Fallet's novel La Grande Ceinture . The film is known as both Gates of Lilacs and The Gates of Paris, but was released under the latter title in the United States. [1]

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Plot

Artiste is an unemployed impoverished man who dwells in his own, derelict house with his likewise unemployed best friend Juju. One day they come across the wanted criminal Barbier hiding in their home. Juju admires the threefold murderer, yet when he witnesses him bragging about having compromised a girl for financial benefit, his feelings turn straight into the opposite and he shoots Barbier dead.

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Awards

The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film [2] and a BAFTA Award in 1958 and won the Bodil Award for Best European Film.

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References

  1. According to Ronald Bergan and Robyn Karney in the Bloomsbury Foreign Film Guide (London: Bloomsbury, 1988, p. 224) and Melissa E. Biggs (French Films, 1945–1993, Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1996, p. 221) the film has these two alternate English titles. The English title used on the original British release is unclear.
  2. "The 30th Academy Awards (1958) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.