A French fugitive arrives in Genoa, where he becomes entangled with an Italian woman and her daughter.A French fugitive arrives in Genoa, where he becomes entangled with an Italian woman and her daughter.A French fugitive arrives in Genoa, where he becomes entangled with an Italian woman and her daughter.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 1 nomination
Agnese Dubbini
- La patronne de l'auberge
- (uncredited)
- …
Claudio Ermelli
- Le curé
- (uncredited)
- …
Fulvia Fulvi
- Laura, la petite voisine
- (uncredited)
- …
Giuseppe Garello
- Il custode
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaVera Talchi's debut.
- Quotes
Pierre Arrignon: [to a Monk asking for a donation] I'm broke.
Monk: As long as there is good...
Pierre Arrignon: But there isn't any.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Le ciné-club de Radio-Canada: Film présenté: Au-delà des grilles (1956)
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The Movie, Like Its Characters, Deserves a Better Fate
The copy of this movie that I watched on TCM was a poor one. It looked like a bad 16 mm. print; the subtitles were hard to read because they were fuzzy and the portion of the frame might have a white or black background. Given that this won the Best Foreign Picture Oscar, it seems strange that Criterion, the print's source, would be satisfied with a bad print.
The story of this French-Italian co-production is a simple one: Gabin is a fugitive from France, where he has murdered a woman. He gets off ship in Genoa because he has a toothache and has his wallet stolen, meets Isa Miranda and her daughter, Vera Talchi, and they all fall in love. Miss Talchi is a fugitive herself, from Marseilles. Her wife-beating husband has just gotten out of jail and wants his punching bag back.
In broad, this movie could have turned out like one of the movies Gabin had made with Duvivier back in the 1930s, full of Poetic Realism. Now, however, the Second World War has destroyed the world,and there is no poetry left, just bombed-out buildings for people to live in, and dentists who pull your teeth for 450 lire -- 800 if you want anesthesia. Director Rene Clement and DP Louis Page give us a tired, ugly world where people are hungry for a little kindness, simply because it has grown so rare. It's a great movie and I hope someone locates and makes available a good copy before it is forgotten.
The story of this French-Italian co-production is a simple one: Gabin is a fugitive from France, where he has murdered a woman. He gets off ship in Genoa because he has a toothache and has his wallet stolen, meets Isa Miranda and her daughter, Vera Talchi, and they all fall in love. Miss Talchi is a fugitive herself, from Marseilles. Her wife-beating husband has just gotten out of jail and wants his punching bag back.
In broad, this movie could have turned out like one of the movies Gabin had made with Duvivier back in the 1930s, full of Poetic Realism. Now, however, the Second World War has destroyed the world,and there is no poetry left, just bombed-out buildings for people to live in, and dentists who pull your teeth for 450 lire -- 800 if you want anesthesia. Director Rene Clement and DP Louis Page give us a tired, ugly world where people are hungry for a little kindness, simply because it has grown so rare. It's a great movie and I hope someone locates and makes available a good copy before it is forgotten.
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- Also known as
- The Flesh is Weak
- Filming locations
- Genoa, Liguria, Italy(Exterior)
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- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was The Walls of Malapaga (1949) officially released in Canada in English?
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