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Contents list of plates page viii series editors' foreword ix acknowledgements xi 1 Marcel Carné's career and reception: the highs and lows 1 2 Poetic realism 9 3 The Second World War and its aftermath 57 4 Postwar cinema and the tradition of quality 98 5 The French new wave 131 6 The end of a long career 162 filmography 176 select bibliography 184 index 187