La chienne

DVD - 2016

Cashier Maurice Legrand is married to Adele, a terror. By chance, he meets Lucienne, Lulu, and makes 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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Subjects
Genres
Film noir
Feature films
Film adaptations
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection [2016]
Language
French
English
Corporate Author
Etablissements Braunberger-Richebé
Corporate Author
Etablissements Braunberger-Richebé (presenter)
Other Authors
Jean Renoir, 1894-1979 (film director), André Mouëzy-Éon, 1880-1967 (screenwriter), Michel Simon, 1895-1975 (actor), Janie Marèze, 1908-1931 (-), Georges Flamant, 1903-1990, Magdeleine Bérubet, 1884-1970, Roger Gaillard, 1893-1970, Georges de La Fouchardière, 1874-1946
Edition
Two-DVD special edition ; DVD edition ; full screen
Item Description
Title from container.
Based on the novel by Georges de la Fouchardièr.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1931.
Fullscreen (1.19:1).
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Special features: Introduction to the film from 1961 by director Jean Renoir ; New interview with Renoir scholar Christopher Faulkner ; New restoration of "On purge bébé" (1931), Renoir's first sound film, also starring Michel Simon ; Jean Renoir le patron: "Michel Simon" a ninety-five-minute 1967 French television program.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD ; fullscreen (1.19:1) presentation ; Dolby digital mono.
Production Credits
Cinematography, Theodore Sparkuhl ; art director, Marcel Courmes ; editor, Marguerite Renoir.
ISBN
9781681431659
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