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Crainquebille

192290 minFranceBelgium
Drama

Synopsis

An elderly vegetable seller is arrested after a dispute with a policeman over moving his cart. The court's version of the encounter matters more than his attempt to explain it. Although prison briefly provides food and shelter, release brings the loss of customers and standing, leaving a lifetime of modest work vulnerable to the reputation created by one conviction.

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75:22
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Wikimedia Commons · Jacques Feyder · Public domain

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Cast

DirectorsJacques Feyder

Inspirations

Feyder adapts Anatole France's story of unequal justice. Parisian street life gives the social criticism a concrete setting, with the vendor's everyday working routine showing what an apparently minor official action can destroy.

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  • Maurice de Féraudy — Clément Maurice; This image is available from the New York Public Library 's Digital Library under the digital ID TH-12156: digitalgallery.nypl.org → digitalcollections.nypl.org · Public domain
  • Jeanne Cheirel — Jean Reutlinger; This file comes from Gallica Digital Library and is available under the digital ID btv1b8596925k · Public domain

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