Financed by Marcel Pagnol's production company Jean Renoir's Toni is a landmark in French filmmaking. Based on a police dossier concerning a provincial crime of passion it was lensed by Claude Renoir on location (unusually for the time) in the small town of Les Martigues where the actual events occurred. The use of directly-recorded sound authentic patois lack of make-up a large ensemble cast of local citizens in supporting roles and Renoir's steadfast desire to avoid m
On a foggy highway a lonely soldier hitches a ride and ends up in a lonely bar on the outskirts of town. The soldier (Jean Gabin) a deserter on the run meets sad runaway Nelly (Michele Morgan) and falls in love. He becomes entwined in the troubles of her life notably the lascivious guardian (Michel Simon) who lusts after Nelly and attempts to blackmail Jean and a cocky hot-headed gangster (Pierre Brasseur) who tries to scare Jean off.
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