The Moon Is In The Gutter

The third person narrative starts off with protagonist bill kerrigan a poor dockworker visiting the rat infested alley where his kid sister catherine died.

The moon is in the gutter.

La lune dans le caniveau original title r 2h 17min drama 18 may 1983 france he is a revenge obssessed stevedore whose sister was brutally raped and murdered. In the dockside slums of an unnamed city bill kerrigan is introduced as he morosely stares at a bloodstain in the gutter all that is left to remind him of his sister catherine who had committed suicide there almost a year before. She is a wealthy elusive woman. The moon in the gutter 1983 the moon in the gutter.

Its vivid visual style was noted by critics. The moon is in the gutter lyrics. Although it immediately followed beineix s big commercial success diva and featured two very big stars gérard depardieu and nastassja kinski the moon in the gutter was not well received by critics or audiences and failed at the box office with only 625 000 admissions in france. The moon in the gutter is a 1983 french drama film directed by jean jacques beineix.

The moon in the gutter is thoroughly and unapologetically gritty and depressingly hopeless. The moon is in the gutter and the stars wash down the sink i am the king of the blues i scrape the clay off my shoes and wade down the gutter and the moon. It was entered into the 1983 cannes film festival.