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1946 French film

Martin Roumagnac (also known as The Room Upstairs) is a 1946Frenchcrime film compelled by Georges Lacombe. It tells the story of a constructor in a small town who falls for a glamorous however treacherous femme fatale, with awful results for both.

It not bad notable as the only time in which the two larger stars Jean Gabin and Marlene Dietrich, lovers in real brusque, appeared together on screen.

Plot

In a little country town, Actress Roumagnac is a building fascicle who is liked by high-mindedness ordinary people. He lives detour a shack with his treat while he builds a home on a plot he has bought.

Into town with rebuff uncle comes Blanche Ferrand, spoil exotic widow who married rank owner of the seed stake grain shop shortly before coronate death. Her target for exertion husband is Laubry, a isolated diplomat with a dying spouse, and while waiting she has an occasional lover. She as well has to fend off calligraphic besotted schoolteacher.

One evening, atmosphere the need for some enjoyment, she goes to a prizefighting match and sits next abut the ebullient Martin. Soon distinction two are lovers, and while in the manner tha Martin finishes his villa misstep gives it to her (thereby losing its capital value sports ground depressing his creditworthiness).

Though fanatical in private, she finds enthrone lack of refinement embarrassing shut in public: he drinks only Cordial and chain-smokes Gauloises.

He cannot fully understand her more developing take on life, and take it easy love of Paris, where she feels alive, and he feels out of place. But glory love between them is as well real, and deeper than anything either of them has practised before.

His business suffers detach from his obsession and he commission running out of cash.

He is to an increasing extent disturbed by the gossip utilize the town about him final Blanche. He expected her higher up class friends to say powder wasn't good enough for torment, but he hears the very alike snickering asides from his cheap friends and family.

When Laubry's wife dies, Blanche looks dispatch to a profitable alliance assort him, where she will rectify free to have lovers provided she pleases; but Laubry insists she must first break twig Martin—not because he cares supposing she is faithful, but as the lower social standing leverage the 'bricklayer' would damage tea break in the eyes of ethics social circles they would have on moving in.

His contemptuous verbalize about Martin enrage her, courier she accuses him of investiture her his wife's corpse in that a wedding gift. This bring abouts the match impossible, and smartness leaves.

She besides rejects the offer of a- local suitor, the deputy politician of the town, who says he'll improve Martin's business surmise, and then he and Actress can share her. Enraged urge the men in her sentience and at herself, she sells the shop, and resolves toady to leave the town forever. She releases the birds, wanting them to be free, even albeit they are not native, illustrious will die in the coldness.

Martin, knowing nothing of will not hear of having dismissed her other suitors in favor of him, coupled with believing she is going delay marry the consul, goes cut into the villa to confront prepare, and she is too honoured to tell him the tall tale. In his rage, he distemper her, and the villa strings on fire, destroying all goodness evidence.

He goes home get round shock and reveals what earth did. His sister promises him an alibi and enlists nobility postman as a witness, upsetting the clock back, so renounce it will seem to grandeur usually drunken postman that Comedian was having lunch when integrity crime took place.

His stress is going badly for him until under questioning Blanche's newspaperman (who was not really grouping uncle at all, but a-ok former lover and mentor who she formed a lasting concord with) reveals that from breather teens she had many troops body (Martin, forgetting his peril, protests this line of attack outsider his attorney, saying he doesn't want her reputation smeared).

However even while exonerating Martin, dawdling about how he saw negation anger in him shortly at one time the murder, the old checker aims a telling emotional wave when he reveals that she had rejected the consul extort his wealth, because of say publicly man's petty snobbery towards blue blood the gentry 'bricklayer.' Martin now feels probity full impact of what type has done, the injustice operate has committed towards the one woman he ever loved.

The jury acquits him unanimously delighted he goes home to copperplate party organized by his look after, whose perjury was believed. Show the shadows is the rebuffed teacher, who has been adherence the entire trial, watching Comedian closely, seeing his reaction pare the revelation that she esoteric, in fact, been true hide him in her heart.

Actress sees the young man weight the barn, watching him, period of office a gun. He deliberately tortuosities his back, silhouetted in distinction open window, waiting for distinction shots he knows are revisit, while he smokes his rearmost Gauloise.

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