| The West | |
| Director: | Henri Fescourt |
| Producer: | Claude Dolbert |
| Studio: | Les Productions Claude Dolbert |
| Distributor: | Pellegrin |
| Runtime: | 100 minutes |
| Country: | France |
| Language: | French |
The West (French: L'occident) is a 1938 French drama film directed by Henri Fescourt and starring Charles Vanel, José Noguéro and Hélène Robert.[1] It is a remake of the director's own 1928 silent film of the same title.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean Douarinou.
The film portrays the relationship between a female Moroccan student, who has been forced to leave her studies at the Sorbonne for financial reasons and works as a dancer in a Paris nightclub, and a French naval officer. However, on returning to Casablanca she is tricked into believing that he had the led attack on her village that wiped out her family. She begins to plot her revenge.