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The New Men (1936)

The New Men (1936)

Drama
Release Date: 1936, March 4
Directors: Marcel L'Herbier
Countries: France
Production: Société Française de Production et d'Edition, Société Française de Production et d'Edition
Cast: Harry Baur, René Bergeron, Jean Marais, Paul Amiot, André Numès, Claude Sainval, Gustave Gallet, Gabriel Signoret, Natalie Paley

Overview:

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...