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L'Atalante (1934) | Ranked Top 9% · CriticCrunch

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L'Atalante

Movie1934·88 min

L'Atalante

Directed by Jean Vigo

Comedy Drama Romance

A comedy drama film directed by Jean Vigo.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 9%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.5/10

467 ratings

About L'Atalante

Newly married couple Juliette and ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L'Atalante along with the captain's first mate and a cabin boy.

Pacing: Slow-burn (1 of 9)
Tone: Bittersweet (4 of 9)
Intensity: Moderate (4 of 9)
Complexity: Layered (6 of 9)
Humor: Light-touch (4 of 9)
Scale: Intimate (1 of 9)
Spirit: Heartfelt (7 of 9)
Texture: Contemplative, Whimsical
Story Tags: forbidden love, isolation loneliness, identity self discovery, early 1900s, ocean maritime, urban, romantic partners, strangers forced together, everyman, outsider misfit, dream surreal, road journey, slow burn reveal, sweeping romance

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Details

Director: Jean Vigo
Language: French

Cast

Michel Simon, Dita Parlo, Jean Dasté

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How L'Atalante Ranks

All movies

Top 9%

1930s movies

Top 12%

Comedy movies

Top 6%

1930s Comedy movies

Top 18%

★Jean Vigo films#1 of 3

Jean Vigo's highest-rated film in our catalog.

the vibe

L'Atalante Vibe

What it feels like

slow-burnbittersweetmoderatelayeredlight-touchintimateheartfelt

contemplative

whimsical

What it's about

dream surrealroad journeyslow-burn revealforbidden loveisolation lonelinessidentity self discoveryeverymanoutsider misfitromantic partnersstrangers forced togethersweeping romanceocean maritimeurbanearly 1900s

pacing

slow-burn 1/9slow-burn 1/9

tone

bittersweet 4/9wistful 4/9

intensity

moderate 4/9moderate 4/9

complexity

layered 6/9layered 6/9

humor

light-touch 4/9light 4/9

scale

intimate 1/9intimate 1/9

spirit

heartfelt 7/9heartfelt 7/9

texture

contemplativequiet