Cashier Maurice Legrand is married to Adele, a terror. By chance he meets Lucienne, "Lulu", and makes her his mistress. He thinks he finally fallen in love for real, but Lulu is nothing but a streetwalker in love with Dede, her pimp. She only accepts Legrand to satisfy Dede's needs of money.... (Full plot summary below)
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Cashier Maurice Legrand is married to Adele, a terror. By chance he meets Lucienne, "Lulu", and makes her his mistress. He thinks he finally fallen in love for real, 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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| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumJean Renoir's first sound feature (1931) and one of his best. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonEven with this pulp material, Renoir manages moments of great beauty and humanity. |
| Time OutWally HammondWonderfully moving, with great performances. |
| Q Network Film DeskJames Kendrickthe first film to fully embody the naturalistic style and complex social themes that would come to be associated with Renoir's best work |
| Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsThe 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. |
| CraveOnlineWitney SeiboldAny discussion of the film's actual story can only be a discussion of how life imitates art. This is a bit of a pity, because 'La Chienne' is actually a tragic, appealingly melodramatic tale of deep humanity. |
| User ReviewPaul JRenoir did this noir before the movement began |
| User ReviewIrvin CThe title means "The Bitch". A timid to a fault bank cashier with a shrill, tyrannical wife falls in love with a prostitute who in turn is conning him for her pimp, whom SHE is in love with. French actor Michel Simon is terrific as the cashier. Even though the film essentially focuses on three rather unlikeable characters, it still manages to keep them human and interesting and the story quite compelling: Sad, tragic, frustrating and even a darkly humorous. It's not my favorite Renoir but it's a solid film. |
| User ReviewChris DA funny sort of film that opens quite presciently with puppets fighting over what the film is about. The last puppet gets it right: the film is neither a comedy nor a drama, and it doesn't have a particular moral backing either, except to say that naivete can have devastating consequences. What makes the film most enjoyable is the ridiculous circumstances that people put themselves in for money and love, and how fruitless it all becomes. |
| User ReviewMatt KIt feels much more modern than it actually is. This is the first Renoir film I've seen and now I'm eager to see more. |
