User:DRXR/Stormy Waters (1941 film)

Remorques (Stormy Waters) beginning with the end of a marriage marks the film as a standout during this time period as most fims ended with beginning of a marriage. Remorques establishes Jean Grémillion as an intelligent and resourceful director which can be seen in his utilisation of camera angles to convey an overall message and artistically styled the film. Remorques has an identifiable use of the sea and dialogue to convey the emotion and ambiance of the film to the audience which can be accredited to Grémillion and Jacques Prévert. Jean Grémillion ultimately establishes the film with no frailty to maintain the image of the film with an air of action. Remorques was released in June 15, 1946 five years after the initial French release by MGM International with a recorded well executed translation from French cultures onto Amercian audiences. Remorques with the additional help of the English subtitles (by Marjorie Adams) allows the audience in the United States to go along with the plot, but also for the film to succeed in the American market. Both Jean Gabin and Michélé Morgan had already been pictured in other American films, but filmed this previous to those projects, however the release date in the United States had been pushed back due to the second world war. The film was edited with the goal of reaching the more conservative American audience better to account for the cultural gap, this immensely added to the usefulness of the subtitles to conveying the message and themes of the film. Jean Gabin in this film serves his role as the power behind those which he interacts by utilizing the power in Laurent’s emotions and position as a character. André Laurent as the captain contains a leadership and aura of relief which acts as a contrast to Madeleine Renaud’s character as his wife who acts as a wave of emotion. Michèle Morgan is desire personified in the depiction of the character by Morgan with the characterization done by the body language in the eyes and smile. Both Gabin and Morgan as a pair do an excellent job of conveying the romanticism of the film despite the cultural gap which leads to a perception of a “Gaelic romance”.