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The West

1938 · 100 min

A sombre, old-fashioned melodrama of love poisoned by deception, moving slowly toward a bitter reckoning.

Directed by
Henri Fescourt
Genres
Drama
Starring
Rama-Tahé, Charles Vanel, José Noguéro
Overview
The film portrays the relationship between a female Moroccan student, who has been forced to leave her studies at the Sorbonne for financial reasons and works as a dancer in a Paris nightclub, and a French naval officer. However, on returning to Casablanca she is tricked into believing that he had the led attack on her village that wiped out her family. She begins to plot her revenge.

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Directed by
Henri Fescourt
Genres
Drama
Starring
Rama-Tahé, Charles Vanel, José Noguéro
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • betrayal
  • love
  • colonialism
  • grief
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour1
Realism7
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Henri Fescourt
Written by
Jacques Chabannes
Starring
Rama-Tahé, Charles Vanel, José Noguéro, André Bacqué, Hélène Robert, Jules Berry, Raymond Cordy, Robert Le Vigan
Music
Jane Bos
Cinematography
Alain Douarinou, Raymond Agnel
Runtime
100 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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