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Bon Voyage is a British film of genre Drama directed by Alfred Hitchcock released in USA on 1 january 1944
Bon Voyage (1944)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 1 january 1944
Length 26minutes
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
OriginUnited-kingdom
Themes Politique, Transport films, Aviation films, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Rating60%
Bon Voyage (1944) is a short French language propaganda film made by Alfred Hitchcock for the British Ministry of Information. Although the film is short (26 minutes), and generally only of interest to Hitchcock completists, it is interesting for its use of two radically different interpretations of the same events, a technique not unlike that used by Akira Kurosawa in Rashomon (1950) and Fernando Meirelles in Cidade de Deus (2002).
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The story is told in flashback, once from the perspective of the protagonist, and then a second time with a deeper understanding that is provided by the intelligence officer in London.Comments
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