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Daybreak

1939 · 1h 33m · NOT RATED Crime, Drama
Directed by Marcel Carné

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After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing.

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91%
Tomatometer
Fresh

"Le Jour Se Leve" is an exploration of the question of who we love and why and how we love them that is surprisingly fresh and involving.

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Fresh

Marcel Carne's classic work of poetic realism ...

Anna King, Time Out New York
Fresh

Gorgeously melancholy, and not just because of its tragic love-triangle plot ...

Stephanie Zacharek, Village Voice
Fresh

This prototype of film noir, from 1939, is both a grim feast of prewar French acting and a catalogue of French moods on the eve of disaster.

Richard Brody, New Yorker
Fresh

The story is excellently conceived and planned.

Variety Staff, Variety

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