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La Chienne

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NR,1hr 33min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
January 1, 1931
Director:
Jean Renoir
Starring:
Michel Simon, Janie Mareze, Georges Flamant  ...more
Synopsis: Jean Renoir's first sound film was a bitter and highly controversial psychological drama, so controversial that it was never shown in the United States until 1975, 44 years after its original French release. Maurice (Michel Simon) is a meek bank clerk trapped in a marriage with a harridan named Adele (Magdelaine Berubet). Maurice's sole pleasure in life is painting, a hobby he avidly pursues on weekends. One day, Maurice sees a woman on the street being beaten by a man; he steps in to rescue her, ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Costello, AMG Review
Jean Renoir's downbeat drama about the dangerous liaisons of a henpecked bank clerk and a hooker is one of his earliest masterpieces. An early example of the poetic realism that would become a dominant strain in the French cinema of the 1930s, it comes from a period in the director's career when he was scouring the margins of French society. Despite the noirish feel of the plot, it has little in common ... Full Review
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Michel Simon
Maurice Legrand
Janie Mareze
Lulu Pelletier
Georges Flamant
Dede
Magdelaine Berubet
Mme. Adele Legrand
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