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Crossing Paris
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Discover this Poster La Traversée de Paris, a classic of French cinema with Jean Gabin and Bourvil in a comic adventure during the Occupation.
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Description of this Crossing Paris Poster
La Traversée de Paris is a 1956 French comedy-drama film directed by Claude Autant-Lara, starring Jean Gabin, Bourvil and Louis de Funès. It is set in occupied Paris in 1942 and tells the story of two men who defy curfew to deliver pork to the black market. The film is very freely inspired by the short story “La traversee de Paris” by Marcel Aymé.
The film was presented at the 17th Venice International Film Festival, where Bourvil won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor. The cynical portrayal of the occupation era was unconventional and made the film controversial upon its original release.
In Paris in 1942, under German occupation, Marcel Martin, an unemployed taxi driver, earns his living by delivering packages to the black market at night. One evening, he had to transport four suitcases containing pork to the other side of the capital on foot. He goes to the cellar of a grocer named Jambier and plays the accordion to mask the noise while the animal is being slaughtered. Martin then goes with his wife Mariette to the restaurant where he must meet his accomplice, but learns that he has been arrested by the police.
A stranger then enters the restaurant and, after a misunderstanding, Martin invites him to share his meal and to replace his former accomplice. This decision quickly turns out to be disastrous because the new character, named Grandgil, is not very cooperative. He first demands a drastic increase in payment, terrorizing the unfortunate grocer Jambier. Then, taking a dislike to the owners of a bar where the two hide with their suitcases of fresh meat to avoid paper checks, he begins to trash the place. Outside again, when they are stopped by an isolated police officer, he headbutts him which knocks him to the ground. When two other police officers approach, he begins speaking loudly in German and they quietly retreat.
They go to the hotel where Martin lives with his wife and Grandgil makes a quick phone call, still in German. An air raid begins and the two men take refuge in what turns out to be Grangil's apartment. Martin is stunned to discover that his companion is in fact a world-famous painter, who has agreed to come mainly for entertainment and who insists on returning the money he extorted.
When they finally arrive at their destination, everything is closed. Angry after all the dangers they have encountered, they shake the bars and shout. The noise attracts a German patrol who takes them to army headquarters. A German major recognizes the famous painter Grandgil and is about to release them when we learn that a German colonel has been shot. All the French suspects present in the building are loaded into a truck, from which the major can only save Grandgil.
Years later, Grandgil leaves Paris for vacation and a porter carries his luggage to the train. When Grandgil gives him a tip, he recognizes that it is Martin. “Still carrying suitcases,” he says as the train moves off.
