- La Chienne
Infobox_Film
name = La Chienne
caption = Film poster
writer =Jean Renoir (based on the novel byGeorges de La Fouchardière )
starring =Michel Simon Janie Marèse Georges Flament Roger Gaillard
director =Jean Renoir
producer =Pierre Braunberger &Roger Richebé (for Les Etablissement Branuberger-Richebé),Charles David (production manager)
production = Les Etablissement Branuberger-Richebé
distributor =Gaumont
released =November 19 ,1931
runtime = 91 min.
language = French
country = FRA
budget =
imdb_id = 0021739|"La Chienne", is a 1931 French film by director
Jean Renoir . It is the second sound film by the director and the twelfth of his career. The English translation of the title is "The Bitch", although the movie was never released under this title.Plot
Maurice (Michel Simon) is a married cashier who meets Lulu (Janie Marèse), a streetwalker. Their chance meeting results in Maurice falling in love with Lulu. She, however, is in love with her boyfriend-pimp, Dédé (Georges Flamant). Together, Dédé and Lulu plot ways to get Maurice to give cash to Lulu, mostly at the behest of Dédé.
Cast
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Michel Simon as Maurice Legrand
*Janie Marèse as Lucienne Pelletier
*Georges Flamant as Dédé (André Govain)
*Roger Gaillard as Alexis Godard
*Romain Bouquet as Mr. Henriot
*Pierre Desty as GustaveExternal links
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