History Film / TheTripAcrossParis

The film is set in UsefulNotes/{{Paris}} in [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII 1942, during the German Occupation]]. Two men, Marcel Martin (Bourvil), a former taxi driver, and Grandgil (Gabin), a painter, defy the curfew to deliver an important load of pork meat across the city by foot in the dead of the night, on behalf of BlackMarket grocer Monsieur Jambier (De Funès), though not before Grandgil extorts a lot of money from the greedy Jambier. Over the course of the night, the smuggling operation will not go as smoothly as Marcel had hoped.

The film is set in UsefulNotes/{{Paris}} in [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII 1942, during the German Occupation]]. Two men, Marcel Martin (Bourvil), a former taxi driver, and Grandgil (Gabin), a painter, defy the curfew to deliver an important load of pork meat across the city by foot in the dead of the night, on behalf of BlackMarket grocer Monsieur Jambier (De Funès).

* SlobsVersusSnobs: Marcel, an unemployed taxi driver who resorts to dangerous odd jobs to survive, constantly quarrel with Grandgil, a rich and famous painter. In particular, Marcel is outraged when he realizes that Grandgil is rich and that he carried the meat with him just bacause [[ItAmusedMe it amused him]].

* FascistsBedTime: Due to the curfew, imposed from midnight to 6am by Germans after invading France, Marcel and Grandgil often have to hide from patrols.

'''Jambier:''' I have already given you 5000 Francs, and now you are on your own! ''[now alone and mumbling]'' I think I will not forget that pig...

* ItAmusedMe: [[spoiler:Grandgil is a rich painter to begin with. He involved himself in this black market smuggling operation just for kicks.]]

* NervousWreck: Jambier, though he has reasons to be nervous given how dangerous for his business Grandgil turns out to be. It helps that he was played by Creator/LouisDeFunes, a master of this trope for French cinema.

* BlackMarket: The war and Occupation caused a shortage of goods, meat in particular. It's a heyday for clandestine grocers such as Jambier, and smuggling goods is extremely dangerous due to both the French police and patrols of German soldiers.

* {{Shopkeeper}}: When Grandgil is recruited by Martin to replace his partner, they both go to Jambier's Cellar where he is storing a lot of food both canned and fresh. That makes Jambier a grocer although he also is a pork butcher since his first scene is him killing a pig which his screams of agony are covered by Martin playing accordeon.

''La Traversée de Paris'' (''The trip across Paris'') is a 1956 French film directed by Claude Autant-Lara and written by Creator/MichelAudiard. It stars Creator/{{Bourvil}}, Creator/JeanGabin and Creator/LouisDeFunes, and is [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on the short story]] ''La traversée de Paris'' by Marcel Aymé.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Marcel gets deported to the STO, but survives]].

* GetOut: After the famous HamToHamCombat scene, Jambier is pratcically kicking out Martin and Grandgil out of his cave.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Jambier is outraged when Martin demands 600 Francs who the ham delivery and accuse him of taking advantage of him. And this coming from someone who owns a lot of food and is pretty active on the black market.

* {{Shopkeeper}}: When Grandgil is recruited by Martin to replace his partner, they both go to Jambier's Cellar where he is storing a lot of food both canned and fresh. That makes Jambier a grocer although he also is a pork butcher since his first scene is him killing a pig which his screams of agony are covered by Martin playing accordeon.

* ThoseWackyNazis: Feared by all characters. Marcel asks Grandgil to help him because his partner just got arrested by the Gestapo.

* GetOut: After the mythical HamToHamCombat scene, Jambier is pratcically kicking out Martin and Grandgil out of his cave.

-->'''Grandgil:''' Look at that cutie... with his drunkard face full of greyish and flabby flesh... flabby, flabby everywhere ! Won't you change your bloody face someday ? And what about the shrew, all made of gelatin and lard, with her three chins, her boobs sagging on her paunch... Fifty years old each, a hundred for both, a whole century of dumbassery ! What the hell are you even doing in this world, for Chrissakes ? Aren't you ashamed of existing ?\\

'''Grandgil:''' Look at that cutie... with his drunkard face full of greyish and flabby flesh... flabby, flabby everywhere ! Won't you change your bloody face someday ? And what about the shrew, all made of gelatin and lard, with her three chins, her boobs sagging on her paunch... Fifty years old each, a hundred for both, a whole century of dumbassery ! What the hell are you even doing in this world, for Chrissakes ? Aren't you ashamed of existing ?\\