Pépé le Moko

Pépé le Moko

The World's New Triumph!

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Release Date

1/28/1937

Runtime

94 mins

Overview

Pépé le Moko, one of France's most wanted criminals, hides out in the Casbah section of Algiers. He knows police will be waiting for him if he tries to leave the city. When Pépé meets Gaby, a gorgeous woman from Paris who is lost in the Casbah, he falls for her.

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Budget

-

Revenue

$155,895

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A stylish criminal in exile falls hopelessly for a woman from the world he cannot return to, trapping him between desire and the inescapable consequences of his past. The film moves with languorous fatalism toward its inevitable conclusion.

Mood

MelancholicRomanticTenseWistful

Themes

LoveCrimeIsolation

Tone

Operatic

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

Black and whiteFormalist

Structure

Linear

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