Movie
The New Men
1936 · 110 min
A stately, old-fashioned colonial drama that moves deliberately, trading on ambition and bitter romance rather than action.
- Directed by
- Marcel L'Herbier
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Harry Baur, Natalie Paley, Gabriel Signoret
- Overview
- Dedicated to men, natives and French, which under the leadership of General Lyautey, made modern Morocco. After a historical prologue where we see Clemenceau yield to the entreaties of Lyautey, we are witnessing the arrival of settlers on Moroccan soil with the rapid rise of one of them: the ambitious Bourron. Similarly it has conquered the land from scratch, Bourron could conquer a woman, Christiane, who followed him not without confessing his love for another man. It is this love that Bourron will use later to acquire a forest of olive trees, which he believed to be the symbol of its success. Christiane accept but never forgive her husband...
- How it feels
- Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Ambition, colonialism, love, betrayal
- Content
- Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Marcel L'Herbier
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Harry Baur, Natalie Paley, Gabriel Signoret
