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      La Chienne

      Released Nov 19, 1931 1h 35m Drama List
      100% 18 Reviews Tomatometer 88% 500+ Ratings Audience Score A married man (Michel Simon) falls in love with a prostitute (Janie Marèse) who dupes him out of money. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Jun 14 Buy Now

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      william d Don't let the fact that this movie is 90+ years old deter you. This is a timeless tale of love, obsession and betrayal. Renoir's direction is superb. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Visually masterful and a wonderful morality story. One of the best uses of irony. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review William L La Chienne encapsulates a distinct, cynical view of the bourgeoise - repressed, dull, unfulfilled, materialistic, and moving through life detached; it shares considerable thematic and narrative points with Sternberg's The Blue Angel. While I'd argue Sternberg's is the more narratively powerful (particularly the intensity of the fall from grace, capped by a great performance from Jannings), Renoir's is more visually intense but otherwise subtle without losing much in the way of impact. There is also a dry satire at play in La Chienne, as if Renoir is telling the audience that when there is little to be happy about, one sometimes has to laugh; the attempted extortion by the lauded husband who was thought dead, only for Simon's Legrand to recognize a way out from his unhappy relationship, is comedic gold. The final scene in which Legrand scrambles for change as his self-portrait is loaded from a gallery to a waiting car is painfully tragic, an indirect victim of the aloof, uncaring nouveau riche. It is ultimately not even one of his many actual crimes that causes the downfall of Flamant's Dédé, but poor timing and chance, another testment to Renoir's treatment of the world as lacking in true justice ad in which good intentions are unrewwarded. Relationships and characters alike are wonderfully flawed in Le Chienne, superficially melodramatic but retaining much more underneath the surface. Overall, a successful transition for the lauded director from silence to sound. (4/5) Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/02/21 Full Review jim b Horribly dull movie. Served as the blueprint for the incredible Scarlet Street, this original version is simply not worth watching even ONCE. The characters have none of the emotion in the remake, if not for that remake this movie would be forever forgotten like it should be. WORTHLESS. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review s r 1001 movies to see before you die. I saw this on YouTube. It was very good for its time. The clerk / painter, pimp, prostitute and the French culture were fascinating. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Jean Renoir's classic holds up amazingly well after all these years. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune The women's roles lack dimension and the bittersweet depth Renoir's later films explored so memorably. Visually, though, this one's gorgeous and extremely fluid. Rated: 3.5/4 Sep 22, 2016 Full Review Variety Staff Variety Very cleverly made and beautifully acted. May 9, 2007 Full Review Wally Hammond Time Out Wonderfully moving, with great performances. Feb 9, 2006 Full Review Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) An entertaining, fun, malicious, racy film that is like an inversed vaudeville. [Full review in Spanish] Aug 3, 2023 Full Review Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com Beautifully shot and as provocative now as it was in 1931, La Chienne is one of Renoir's most cynical portraits of humanity. Rated: 4/5 Oct 8, 2020 Full Review Jacoba Atlas Los Angeles Free Press It is a must-see for anyone concerned with French films and the master creator Jean Renoir. Oct 29, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A married man (Michel Simon) falls in love with a prostitute (Janie Marèse) who dupes him out of money.
      Director
      Jean Renoir
      Screenwriter
      André Girard, Jean Renoir, Georges de la Fouchardière
      Production Co
      Les Établissements Braunberger-Richebé
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      French (Canada)
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Nov 19, 1931, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jun 14, 2016
      Runtime
      1h 35m
      Sound Mix
      Mono
      Aspect Ratio
      Flat (1.37:1), 35mm
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