Dans la ville blanche
- 1983
- 1h 48m
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7.3/10
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A Swiss sailor abandons his post during a stopover in Lisbon and takes up residence in a small hotel in the city.A Swiss sailor abandons his post during a stopover in Lisbon and takes up residence in a small hotel in the city.A Swiss sailor abandons his post during a stopover in Lisbon and takes up residence in a small hotel in the city.
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- 2 wins & 1 nomination
Paulo Branco
- L'homme dans la gare
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe film was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 56th Academy Awards.
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A MOVIE THAT REMINDS US WE'RE ALL SAILORS AWASH ON SHORE
This movie mesmerized me. It is loose jointed, like any traveler's experiences, and gives the viewer the feeling of living through a sailor's wayward days in Lisbon. Even though it hasn't much of a plot, it's curiously compelling. What drove the story for me was trying to figure out what was happening in the sailor's mind. One gets the feeling that he is going through a crisis, that this is a turning point in his life--ought he to keep on travelling, being a perpetual stranger, or should he go back to Germany & his lover/wife? The feeling accompanying this conflict verges between despair and sublimity--it evoked in me the same empty ache I felt the sailor was going through. Deceptively simple, but artful & subtle. A fine picture for all of us wanderers.
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- In the White City
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- Gross worldwide
- $2,540
- Runtime1 hour 48 minutes
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- 1.66 : 1
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By what name was Dans la ville blanche (1983) officially released in Canada in English?
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