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La Bête Humaine

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La Bête Humaine
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NR,1hr 30min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
January 1, 1938
Director:
Jean Renoir
Distributor:
Criterion
Starring:
Jean Gabin, Simone Simon, Fernand Ledoux  ...more
Synopsis: Based on a novel by Emile Zola, La Bete Humaine weaves a mesmerizing tale of a tragic triangle. Train engineer Jean Gabin lusts after Simone Simon, the wife of his co-worker Fernand Ledoux. When Ledoux is in danger of losing his job, Simon offers herself to her husband's boss. In jealous pique, Ledoux kills the man. Gabin is witness to this, so Simon promises to reward him sexually if he'll keep quiet. As this romance intensifies, Simon tries to finagle Gabin into killing Ledoux. Sick of the whole ... Full Synopsis
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Tom Wiener, AMG Review
Jean Renoir's masterful adaptation of the Emile Zola novel of heredity and fate has been cited as both a reflection of the fatalistic mood in France in the face of Nazi Germany's aggression and as a blueprint for many postwar film noirs. It's also part of a magnificent mini-run in Renoir's career, preceded by Grand Illusion and followed, two films later, by Rules of the Game. The film begins and ends ... Full Review
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Jean Gabin
Jacques Lantier
Simone Simon
Severine, Séverine
Fernand Ledoux
Robaud, Severine's Husband, Robaud, Séverine's Husband
Julien Carette
Pecqueux
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