On the Brink, 1938-1939

To mark the release of Xavier Giannoli’s film, The Rays and Shadows, we delved into our collections to present to you three films directed by Léonide Moguy at the end of the 1930s in France. Actress Corinne Luchaire, one of the central characters in Giannoli's film, starred in Moguy's films. They all illustrate, in their own way — and in a particularly striking manner today — a social and political turning point in France, between the Popular Front and the progressive demands of 1936, and the rise of the far right, just a few months before World War II.