La Chienne

You're a milquetoast cashier, stuck in a marriage of spite. You meet a woman, an apparent escape, and fall hard. But she's a grifter, tethered to a violent lowlife. Renoir's early sound film implicates its audience, lingering on the male gaze with discomforting precision.

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Jean Renoir directed La Chienne in 1931. See Jean Renoir's full filmography, where to start with Jean Renoir, or where to go after you've seen everything by Jean Renoir.

La Chienne was released in 1931 (FR original-language production), with a runtime of 96 minutes.