Gates of Paris (film)

Porte des Lilas Gates of Paris

Directed by	René Clair
Produced by	René Clair André Daven
Written by	Novel: René Fallet Screenplay: René Clair Jean Aurel
Starring	Pierre Brasseur Georges Brassens Henri Vidal Dany Carrel
Music by	Georges Brassens
Cinematography	Robert Lefebvre
Edited by	Louisette Hautecoeur
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
Country	France Italy
Language	French

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]

Plot

Artiste is an unemployed empoverished 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.

Cast

Pierre Brasseur as Juju
Georges Brassens as Artiste
Henri Vidal as Pierre Barbier
Dany Carrel as Maria
Raymond Bussières as Alphonse
Gabrielle Fontan as Madame Sabatier
Amédée as Paulo - a regular at the café
Annette Poivre as Nénette
Alain Bouvette as Paulo's friend
Alice Tissot as the concierge

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.

References

↑ The IMDb website suggests Gates of Paris was the universal English title. However, 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.
↑ "The 30th Academy Awards (1958) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.

External links

Gates of Paris at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by René Clair

Feature films	The Phantom of the Moulin Rouge (1925) The Imaginary Voyage (1926) The Prey of the Wind (1927) The Italian Straw Hat (1928) Two Timid Souls (1928) Under the Roofs of Paris (1930) Le Million (1931) À Nous la Liberté (1931) Bastille Day (1933) The Ghost Goes West (1935) The Last Billionaire (1935) Break the News (1938) The Flame of New Orleans (1941) I Married a Witch (1942) It Happened Tomorrow (1944) And Then There Were None (1945) Man About Town (1947) Beauty and the Devil (1950) Beauties of the Night (1952) The Grand Maneuver (1955) Gates of Paris (1957) All the Gold in the World (1961) The Lace Wars (1965)

Short films	Entr'acte (1924) The Crazy Ray (1924) Forever and a Day (1943, segment "1897") Three Fables of Love (1962, segment "Les Deux Pigeons")

French submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

1948–1960	Monsieur Vincent (1948) The Walls of Malapaga (1950) Forbidden Games (1952) Gervaise (1956) Gates of Paris (1957) My Uncle (1958) Black Orpheus (1959) La Vérité (1960)

1961–1980	Last Year at Marienbad (1961) Sundays and Cybele (1962) The Fire Within (1963) The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) Pierrot le Fou (1965) A Man and a Woman (1966) Live for Life (1967) Stolen Kisses (1968) My Night with Maud (1969) Hoa-Binh (1970) Ramparts of Clay (1971) The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) Day for Night (1973) Lacombe, Lucien (1974) India Song (1975) Cousin, cousine (1976) Madame Rosa (1977) Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978) A Simple Story (1979) The Last Metro (1980)

1981–2000	Diva (1981) Coup de Torchon (1982) Entre Nous (1983) So Long, Stooge (1984) Three Men and a Cradle (1985) Betty Blue (1986) Au revoir, les enfants (1987) La Lectrice (1988) Camille Claudel (1989) Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) Van Gogh (1991) Indochine (1992) Germinal (1993) Wild Reeds (1994) French Twist (1995) Ridicule (1996) Western (1997) The Dreamlife of Angels (1998) East/West (1999) The Taste of Others (2000)

2001–present	Amélie (2001) 8 Women (2002) Bon Voyage (2003) The Chorus (2004) Joyeux Noël (2005) Avenue Montaigne (2006) Persepolis (2007) The Class (2008) A Prophet (2009) Of Gods and Men (2010) Declaration of War (2011) The Intouchables (2012) Renoir (2013) Saint Laurent (2014) Mustang (2015)

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