Criterion Blu-ray review: Jean Renoir’s La Chienne (1931)
Criterion’s release of a key but little-known feature by Jean Renoir, the conceptually and stylistically sophisticated La Chienne, is essential […]
Review: La Chienne (1931)
Director: Jean Renoir
Cast: Michel Simon, Janie Marèse, Georges Flamant, Magdeleine Bérubet, Roger Gaillard,
Michel Simon
Janie Marèse
Georges Flamant
Magdeleine Bérubet
Roger Gaillard
Plot: Cashier Maurice Legrand is married to Adele, a terror. By chance, he meets Lucienne, "Lulu", and make her his mistress. He thinks he finally met love, but Lulu is nothing but a streetwalker, in love with Dede, her pimp. She only accepts Legrand to satisfy Dede's needs of money.
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