The canal barge L’Atalante is both livelihood and romantic getaway for its captain and his new small-town bride as they set out with cargo for Paris, but the romance of travel is lost as the tight quarters of the ship intensify marital strife and the makeshift honeymoon begins to give way to a monotonous and mundane life on the river. L’Atalante is the only feature film in Jean Vigo’s tragically short filmography, a demonstration of Vigo’s strong visual sensibility as well as his warm and humorous storytelling
—James Blake Ewing
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2013 Top 25 Marriage Films — #18