A Nous la Liberte (1931)
Directed by René Clair
Genres - Comedy, Drama, Music |
Sub-Genres - Satire, Workplace Comedy |
Run Time - 97 min. |
Countries - France |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Matthew Tobey
À Nous la Liberté is an early talkie from French filmmaker René Clair. Louis (Raymond Cordy) and Emile (Henri Marchand) are a pair of convicts whose lives take decidely different paths after prison. Emile works his way up the ladder of capitalism, becoming a phonograph factory boss, a job that finds him overseeing a bleak outfit of automatous drones. Louis, on the other hand, lives the life of a poverty-stricken vagabond. Despite their contrasting lots, the pair meet up again later in life. À Nous la Liberté is perhaps best remembered for being the main inspiration for Charlie Chaplin's 1936 classic Modern Times.
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Keywords
factory, escape, friendship, fugitive, industry, modernization, on-the-road, prison, psychic, rags-to-riches, technology
Attributes
High Artistic Quality, High Historical Importance, High Production Values