On DVD
Hotel du Nord (PG)
- Director: Marcel Carne
- Genre: Drama
- Starring: Anabella, Jean-Pierre Aumont
- Country: France
- Language: French (English Subtitles)
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- Running time: 92 mins
- Release date: 24 April 2006
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Synopsis
Classic French film by the director of Les Enfants du Paradis, Hotel Du Nord was inspired by the award-winning book by Eugene Dabit, whose parents owned the real Hotel du Nord.
The Hotel du Nord is a family-run hotel on the edge of the canal Saint-Martin in Paris. As the family is celebrating a first communion, a young couple checks in, planning a double suicide. Only one shot is fired, and the man, Pierre, flees leaving
his lover, Renee, to die in the room. But, he leaves the gun behind and she survives. A series of convoluted affairs between hotel patrons and staff, as well as passion-fuelled travels across France, ensue - all to end the story in perfect symmetry.
DVD Extras
Stills Gallery, Original Theatrical Trailer, Introduction by film historian Paul Ryan.