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Pete’s Peek | On this day in 1949 – Jean-Pierre Melville’s tribute to the French Resistance, Le Silence de la mer

Posted on 22 April 2012 by peter

On this day (22 April) in 1949, director Jean-Pierre Melville released his debut feature, Le Silence de mer, an adaptation of a nouvella by the French author Vercors. Published in 1942, during the Nazi occupation of France, and secretly distributed, … Continue reading →

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