Word: gabin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...from experience to experience, is the film's apparent theme. This theme is all the more potent because it is superbly documented. The shots of Genoa are fine, and the Genoa citizenry which moves naturally through its city adds to the film's authenticity. The acting is excellent: Jean Gabin is convincingly weary and revived as the Frenchman; Isa Miranda is appropriately tender and brave as the woman who revives him and who finds satisfaction amidst poverty; and Vera Talchi is very good as her canny 11-year-old daughter...