There's a way for everybody. Not Yet Rated 1 hr 35 min Drama. i figured, seeing as how tcm usually airs the most pristine restorations, that meant the walls of malapaga was a borderline lost film, but a quick search showed a much, much better quality version readily available on youtube (albeit with stabilization enabled for whatever reason) from half a decade ago. The Walls of Malapaga (1949) 89 min | Drama , Romance A French fugitive arrives in Genoa, where he becomes entangled with an Italian woman and her daughter. He has escaped from France by paying a ship's captain to hide him in the anchor well of his ship, but as the ship enters Genoa, he is suffering terribly from a toothache. Director. Recipient of the honorary Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1950, The Walls of Malapaga is one of those films once respected as prime examples of high-quality French cinema, only to be then quickly (and perhaps unfairly) almost completely forgotten in favor of a much louder, younger generation of French filmmakers. I was almost ready to ditch watching it after 10 minutes, but then the quality got a little better, so I stuck with it. The Walls of Malapaga Synopsis: A French fugitive arrives in Genoa, where he becomes entangled with an Italian woman and her daughter. Jean Gabin (Actor), Isa Miranda (Actor), René Clément (Director) & 0 more. TMDb Score. The Walls of Malapaga (Italian: Le mura di Malapaga, French: Au-delà des grilles (Beyond the Gates)), is a 1949 Franco-Italian film co-production made by Francinex and Italia Produzione. Gabin then meets Miranda, a lonely waitress with a young daughter, and the two fall in love. Pierre is a Frenchman who is on the run after he murdered his girlfriend. Format: DVD. It was directed by René Clément and produced by Alfredo Guarini from a screenplay by Cesare Zavattini , Suso Cecchi d'Amico and Alfredo Guarini adapted by Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost. I too was disappointed with the quality of the print from "The Walls of Malapaga". Released in English-speaking countries as Behind the Barriers and The Walls of Malapaga, Au Dela des Grilles won the 1948 "Best Foreign Film" Academy Award, and also earned Clement the "Best Director" prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Genre: Drama , Romance The Walls of Malapaga. 55. A French fugitive arrives in Genoa, where he becomes entangled with an Italian woman and her daughter. After another 5-10 minutes, I was so hooked on the story that I rode out the remaining imperfections. 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