Pépé le Moko

Pépé le Moko

Pépé le Moko [pe.pe l? mo.ko] is a 1937 French film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Jean Gabin. The film depicts a gangster nicknamed Pépé le Moko. Moko is slang for a man from Toulon, derived from the Occitan amb aquò ("with that"), a term which punctuates sentences in Provence and which, in Toulon, is pronounced em'oquò. The film is based on Henri La Barthe's novel of the same name, and La Barthe contributed to the screenplay under the pseudonym "Détective Ashelbé". Pépé le Moko is an example of the 1930s French movement known as poetic realism, which combines realism with occasional flashes of unusual cinematic tricks. The film is often considered an early predecessor of film noir. This film inspired the Algiers (film).

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1937
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