Soirée Cinéma: “La chienne”

Genre: Crime, Drama

Director: Jean Renoir

Review (Criterion):
Jean Renoir’s ruthless love triangle tale, his second sound film, is a true precursor to his brilliantly
bitter The Rules of the Game, displaying all of the filmmaker’s visual genius and fully imbued with his
profound humanity. Michel Simon cuts a tragic figure as an unhappily married cashier and amateur
painter who becomes so smitten with a prostitute that he refuses to see the obvious: that she and
her pimp boyfriend are taking advantage of him. Renoir’s elegant compositions and camera
movements carry this twisting narrative—a stinging commentary on class and sexual divisions—to an
unforgettably ironic conclusion.

Cast:
Michel Simon
Janie Marèse
Georges Flamant

Trailer:
https://youtu.be/X4vizjwJUdA

Films are shown in the Alliance library, located on the second floor of the CLARA Studios for the Performing Arts, 2420 N Street in Midtown Sacramento. Please enter through the northeast door off the rear parking lot, as other building doors may be locked. If you need to use the accessible ramp, please contact the office no later than the Thursday before the film.