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The Walls of Malapaga (Italian: Le mura di Malapaga, French: Au-delà des grilles (Beyond the Gates), is a 1949 French-Italian drama film directed by René Clément and starring Jean Gabin, Isa Miranda and Andrea Checchi.
The Walls of Malapaga: Directed by René Clément. With Jean Gabin, Isa Miranda, Vera Talchi, Andrea Checchi. A French fugitive arrives in Genoa, where he becomes entangled with an Italian woman and her daughter.
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- Drama, Romance
- René Clément
- 1950-03-26
Recipient of the honorary Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1950, The Walls of Malapaga is one of those films once respected as prime examples of high-quality French cinema, only to be then quickly (and perhaps unfairly) almost completely forgotten in favor of a much louder, younger generation of French filmmakers.
Technically the first winner of the (honorary at the time) Academy Award for best foreign language film, it’s a crime melodrama set in the hellish postwar ruins of Genoa, and its joint Italian and French provenance beautifully blends the magic of French poetic realism with the grittiness of Italian neorealism.
The Walls of Malapaga. After murdering his mistress and being hunted by the authorities in France, Pierre (Jean Gabin) stows away aboard a ship bound for Genoa, Italy.
- Drama
- Jean Gabin, Isa Miranda, Vera Talchi
- René Clément
The Walls of Malapaga (Italian: Le mura di Malapaga, French: Au-delà des grilles (Beyond the Gates)), is a 1949 Franco-Italian film co-production made by Francinex and Italia Produzione. It was directed by René Clément and produced by Alfredo Guarini from a screenplay by Cesare Zavattini, Suso Cecchi d'Amico and Alfredo Guarini adapted by ...
A French fugitive arrives in Genoa, where he becomes entangled with an Italian woman and her daughter.
