The trains leave. They will never go as fast as that of La Roue . In 1923, the railroads had breath since they were led by Abel Gance, exempt from the cautions which are afflicted the leaders of the SNCF. It is a cinema that knows neither strikes nor RTT. It darkens. The film presents itself as a "modern day tragedy in a prologue and four eras" . The director dedicated him "to his wife who died at 27" . Grief provides fuel. We feel the urgency, the inspiration.
Abel Gance steers this masterpiece with a sure hand. The word melodrama does not scare him. He plays this card thoroughly. Feelings are superlative, emphatic expressionsSisif is mechanic. In his industry, he is without rival. A derailment occurs - he rescues an orphan whom he impersonates his daughter. He is raising this little Norma with his son Élie. The kid turns into a young lady. The false dad looks at her with a funny look. He gives his name to the machine he drives. She marries a particle engineer. Sisif lost his sight in an accident. Élie became a luthier. He too considers the heroine with eyes filled with
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