Sirocco (1938)
Town trollop Safia, much against her better judgment, falls in love with Matteo, a beggar and mystic in the native quarter of Sirocco She flees to France, first as the mistress and then wife of a wealthy archaeologist, and bears
Hotel du Nord (1938)
On the meandering Canal St Martin, at the Parisian Hotel du Nord, a nearly fatal gunshot separates a dejected young couple But, amid a sad but beautiful panorama of lively characters, love has the final say Can life be a fairy
The Lower Depths (1936)
A charismatic thief makes friends with a bankrupt baron who comes to live in the thiefs slum Meanwhile the thief seeks the love of a young woman, who is held emotionally captive by her slumlord family