La chienne
Title:
La chienne
Author:
Renoir, Jean, 1894-1979 film director, screenwriter.
Publication Information:
[New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2016]
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:
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.
General Note:
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 ; Plus: an essay by film scholar Ginette Vincendeau.
Language:
French
Added Corporate Author:
Added Uniform Title:
Container of (work): On purge bébé (Motion picture)
Container of (work): Jean Renoir le patron (Television program)
ISBN:
9781681431659
UPC:
715515179010
Format :
DVD
