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Title La chienne / director, Jean Renoir.

Publication Info. [New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2016]

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 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Audio Visual  DVD CHIENNE    Check Shelf
Description 2 videodiscs (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
digital optical rda
video file DVD video rda
Motion picture.
Series The Criterion collection ; 818
Criterion collection ; 818.
System Details DVD.
Language French dialogue; English subtitles.
Note Title from web page.
Cast Michel Simon, Georges Flamant, Janie Marese.
Note Originally released as a motion picture in 1931.
Fullscreen (1.19:1).
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.
Note 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.
Subject Prostitutes -- Drama.
Prostitutes' customers -- Drama.
Pimps -- Drama.
Genre/Form Feature films.
Added Author Renoir, Jean, 1894-1979, film director.
Simon, Michel, 1895-1975, actor.
Flamant, Georges, 1903-1990, actor.
Marèze, Janie, 1908-1931, actor.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Added Title Container of (work): On purge bébé (Motion picture)
Container of (work): Jean Renoir le patron (Television program)
ISBN 9781681431659
1681431653
Standard No. 715515179010
Music No. CC2634DDVD The Criterion Collection
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