Toni (1934)
Country: FR
Technical: bw 90m
Director: Jean Renoir
Cast: Charles Blavette, Celia Montalvan, Jenny Hélia, Max Dalban
Synopsis:
An Italian immigrant worker in Provence marries the wrong woman and suffers for it.
Review:
Excellent but neglected drama, filmed on location with non-professional actors. Renoir never teeters into melodrama and in his hands the arrival of the new workers at the end, under the bridge where Toni has just died, is lyrical rather than trite.
Country: FR
Technical: bw 90m
Director: Jean Renoir
Cast: Charles Blavette, Celia Montalvan, Jenny Hélia, Max Dalban
Synopsis:
An Italian immigrant worker in Provence marries the wrong woman and suffers for it.
Review:
Excellent but neglected drama, filmed on location with non-professional actors. Renoir never teeters into melodrama and in his hands the arrival of the new workers at the end, under the bridge where Toni has just died, is lyrical rather than trite.
Country: FR
Technical: bw 90m
Director: Jean Renoir
Cast: Charles Blavette, Celia Montalvan, Jenny Hélia, Max Dalban
Synopsis:
An Italian immigrant worker in Provence marries the wrong woman and suffers for it.
Review:
Excellent but neglected drama, filmed on location with non-professional actors. Renoir never teeters into melodrama and in his hands the arrival of the new workers at the end, under the bridge where Toni has just died, is lyrical rather than trite.