Ginette Vincendeau
Pépé le Moko.
London: British Film Institute Publising, 1998. BFI Film Classics. First edition. 0851706746 79 pages.
Softcover volume, measuring approximately 5.5" x 7.5", shows light shelfwear, with mild creasing to front and rear cover. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and bright. Illustrated with stills from the film.
""Pépé le Moko" (1937), directed by Julien Duvivier from the novel by Roger Ashelle and starring Jean Gabin, is the epitome of 1930's French cinema. It tells the story of the glamorous gangster Pepe, trapped in the Casbah in Algiers. This highly romantic and atmospheric thriller was crucial to the development of French film noir and inspired a number of remakes and many imitations. Vincendeau's meticulous analysis, written in a lively and accessible style, places "Pépé le Moko" in its aesthetic, generic and cultural contexts."