Le jour se lève 1939

Bosley Crowther, New York Times: The pity of it all seems slightly forced, the melodramatics too obvious. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: The screenplay is by Jacques Prevert, the most accomplished dialogist of the period, and the famous sets, with their overtones of German expressionism, are by Alexander Trauner. Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: "Le Jour Se Leve" is an exploration of the question of who we love and why and how we love them that is surprisingly fresh and involving. Read more

Richard Brody, New Yorker: This prototype of film noir, from 1939, is both a grim feast of prewar French acting and a catalogue of French moods on the eve of disaster. Read more

Tom Milne, Time Out: Possibly the best of the Carne-Prevert films, certainly their collaboration at its most classically pure. Read more

Anna King, Time Out: Marcel Carne's classic work of poetic realism ... Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: The story is excellently conceived and planned. Read more

Stephanie Zacharek, Village Voice: Gorgeously melancholy, and not just because of its tragic love-triangle plot ... Read more