Film

The New Men

Name: The New Men
Director: Marcel L'Herbier
Released: 1936
Rating: 6
Cast: Harry Baur, Natalie Paley, Gabriel Signoret, Claude Sainval, Jean Marais

1936 · 110 min · ★ 6 · Dir. Marcel L'Herbier

Dedicated to men, natives and French, which under the leadership of General Lyautey, made modern Morocco. After a historical prologue where we see Clemenceau yield to the entreaties of Lyautey, we are witnessing the arrival of settlers on Moroccan soil with the rapid rise of one of them: the ambitious Bourron. Similarly it has conquered the land from scratch, Bourron could conquer a woman, Christiane, who followed him not without confessing his love for another man. It is this love that Bourron will use later to acquire a forest of olive trees, which he believed to be the symbol of its success. Christiane accept but never forgive her husband...