1931 · drama · noir · crime
La Chienne
Directed by Jean Renoir1h 36m1931
Cashier Maurice Legrand is married to the wretched Adele. By chance, he meets Lucienne, 'Lulu', and makes her his mistress. He thinks he has finally found love, but Lulu is a streetwalker, still in love with her pimp.
Our read: La Chienne (1931) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama · noir · crime entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, steady, measured drama / noir, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- intense
- bleak
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