The Hotel du Nord is a family-run hotel on the edge of the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris. As the family is celebrating a first communion, a young couple checks in, planning a double suicide. Only one shot is fired, and the man, Pierre (Jean-Pierre Aumont), flees leaving his lover, Renee (Annabella), to die in the room. But, he leaves the gun behind and she survives. A series of convoluted affairs between hotel patrons and staff, as well as passion-fuelled travels across France, ensue - all to end the story in perfect symmetry.
Au cinema ce soir: Marcel Carne on Hotel du Nord, an in-depth archival interview with the legendary director from 1972 in which he talks at length about the film
Introduction to Hotel du Nord by Paul Ryan, the film historian revisits Carne's classic film
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