A fisherman's chaste heart meets its match in 1943 Provence.
In a small Provençal port, a young girl tries to divert a fisherman from his laborious life and his chaste loves.
Cinematography
Mistral winds visualized through coastal light and movement.
Acting
Ginette Leclerc's restrained, knowing glances.
Director
Jacques Houssin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Filmed under Vichy France with subtle resistance in its celebration of regional identity over nationalism.
Roger Duchesne would later star in Jean-Pierre Melville's 'Bob le Flambeur' (1956), another study in masculine restraint.
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