Edinburgh International Film Festival 2013

Tribute to the French director. There will also be a Symposium on Jean Grémillon event.

View other Edinburgh International Film Festival Films by strand: American Dreams, Animation, Black Box, Directors' Showcase, Fantastic Voyages: The Films of Richard Fleischer, Films on Film, Focus on Korea, Focus on Sweden, Galas, International Feature Film Competition, Michael Powell Award Competition, New Realities, Night Moves, Not Another Teen Movie, Shorts, Special Screenings, World Perspectives

Daïnah La Métisse (Country: France; Year: 1931; Director: Jean Grémillon; Stars: Laurence Clavius, Gabrielle Fontan, Maryanne, Charles Vanel, Habib Benglia, Gaston Dubosc)
A beautiful mixed-race girl turns heads on an ocean liner and leads her magician lover to a deadly revenge.
Screening with: The Charms of Life (Les charmes de l'existence) Jean Grémillon, Pierre Kast/France/1949/ 22 min
Lady Killer (Gueule d'amour) (Country: France, Germany; Year: 1937; Director: Jean Grémillon; Stars: Jean Gabin, Mireille Balin, René Lefèvre, Marguerite Deval, Jane Marken, André Carnège)
This dark romantic drama tracks the decline of a great seducer.
Lighthouse Keepers (Gardiens de phare) (Country: France; Year: 1929; Director: Jean Grémillon; Stars: Génica Athanasiou, Gabrielle Fontan, Geymond Vital, Paul Fromet)
A Brittany lighthouse keeper is bitten by a rabid dog shortly before he and his father leave for month-long duty at a remote lighthouse.
Screening with live piano accompaniment by Will Pickvance
The Love of A Woman (L'Amour d'une femme) (Country: France, Italy; Year: 1954; Director: Jean Grémillon; Stars: Micheline Presle, Massimo Girotti, Gaby Morlay, Paolo Stoppa, Julien Carette, Marc Cassot, Marius David)
Grémillon's last feature film about a woman who finds love with an engineer, who wants her to give up her profession.
Screening with André Masson and the Four Elements (Jean Grémillon/France/1958/23 min)
Misdeal (Maldone) (Country: France; Year: 1927; Director: Jean Grémillon; Stars: Charles Dullin, Roger Karl, Génica Athanasiou, Annabella, Daniel Lecourtois, Edmond Beauchamp)
A canal worker falls for a gypsy but is called back to his family to claim his inheritance...
Screening with live piano accompaniment by Will Pickvance
The Sixth of June at Dawn (Le 6 juin à l'aube) (Country: France; Year: 1946; Director: Jean Grémillon)
A great tribute to enormous sacrifices.
Stormy Waters (Remorques) (Country: France; Year: 1939; Director: Jean Grémillon; Stars: Jean Gabin, Madeleine Renaud, Michèle Morgan, Charles Blavette, Jean Marchat, Nane Germon)
A tugboat captain is tempted away from his loving, frail wife.
The Strange Monsieur Victor (L'Étrange Monsieur Victor) (Country: France, Germany; Year: 1937; Director: Jean Grémillon; Stars: Madeleine Renaud, Marcelle Géniat, Viviane Romance, Odette Roger, Raimu, Pierre Blanchar)
A respectable Toulon shopkeeper, who is secretly a fence for thieves, finds his life starting to unravel.
Screening with: The House of Images (La maison aux images) Jean Grémillon/France/1954/19 min
Summer Light (Lumière d'été) (Country: France; Year: 1942; Director: Jean Grémillon; Stars: Madeleine Renaud, Pierre Brasseur, Madeleine Robinson, Paul Bernard, Georges Marchal, Marcel Lesvesque)
At a small inn in a mining area of Provence, a young woman finds herself involved with three men.
White Spats (Pattes blanches) (Country: France; Year: 1948; Director: Jean Grémillon; Stars: Fernand Ledoux, Suzy Delair, Paul Bernard, Michel Bouquet, Arlette Thomas, Louise Sylvie)
Love rivalry and class conflict in a Brittany fishing village.
Screening with: Au coeur de l'Île de France Jean Grémillon/France/1954/23 min
The Woman Who Dared (Le Ciel Est à Vous) (Country: France; Year: 1943; Director: Jean Grémillon; Stars: Madeleine Renaud, Charles Vanel, Jean Debucourt, Raymonde Vernay, Léonce Corne, Raoul Marco)
In a provincial town, the wife of an aviator-turned-garage mechanic becomes obsessed with flying.
Screening with: Haute lisse Jean Grémillon/France/1956/16 min
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