In Jean Vigo's hands, an unassuming tale of conjugal love becomes an achingly romantic reverie of desire and hope. Jean, a barge captain, marries Juliette, an innocent country girl, and the two climb aboard his boat--the L'Atalante--to embark on their new life together. Both a surprisingly erotic idyll and a clear-eyed meditation on love, Vigo's only feature-length work is a film like no other.
