PLOT: A classical tragic romance transposed to a World War II setting, Clouzot’s film follows the travails of Manon (Cécile Aubry), a village girl accused of collaborating with the Nazis who is rescued from imminent execution by a former French Resistance fighter (Michel Auclair). The couple move to Paris, but their relationship turns stormy as they struggle to survive, resorting to profiteering, prostitution and even murder. Eventually escaping to Palestine, the pair attempt a treacherous desert crossing in search of the happiness which seems to forever elude them…
Manon.1949.Henri-Geroges.Clouzot.576p.BluRay.AAC1.0.x264.mkv General Container: Matroska Runtime: 1 h 45 min Size: 2.62 GiB Video Codec: x264 Resolution: 768x576 Aspect ratio: 4:3 Frame rate: 23.976 fps Bit rate: 3 296 kb/s BPP: 0.311 Audio #1: French 1.0ch AAC LC @ 226 kb/s
Language(s):French
Subtitles:English
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