A man trades his freedom for his son's future — and we're not even at the sad part yet.
An honest worker is unjustly accused of murder. The culprit promises him to give his son a good education if he allows himself to be condemned.
Acting
Constant Rémy's face should be studied.
Direction
Roudès makes poverty look almost beautiful. Almost.
Director
Gaston Roudès
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is pure 1930s French 'poetic realism' — the genre that taught film noir how to be miserable in style.
Director Gaston Roudès died in 1958 having made over 40 films; this is one of maybe three anyone remembers. Poetic, really.
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