La Chienne
1931 Drama Not Rated 96 Minutes
In Theaters | N/A | |||
On 4K UHD | Not Available | |||
On Blu-ray | June 14, 2016 | |||
On DVD | June 14, 2016 |
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Director
Jean Renoir's ruthless love triangle tale, his second sound film, is a true precursor to his brilliantly bitter The Rules of the Game, displaying all of the filmmaker's visual genius and fully imbued with his profound humanity. Michel Simon cuts a tragic figure as an unhappily married cashier and amateur painter who becomes so smitten with a prostitute that he refuses to see the obvious: that she and her pimp boyfriend are taking advantage of him. Renoir's elegant compositions and camera movements carry this twisting narrative-a stinging commentary on class and sexual divisions-to an unforgettably ironic conclusion.
Not Rated.
Released by Criterion Collection. See more credits.