La Chienne
La Chienne 1931 is a French film by director Jean Renoir. It is the second sound film by the director and the twelfth of his career.
Maurice Michel Simon is a married cashier who meets Lulu Janie Marze, a streetwalker. Their chance meeting results in Maurice falling in love with Lulu. She, however, is in love with her boyfriendpimp, Dd Georges Flamant. Together, Dd and Lulu plot ways to get Maurice to give cash to Lulu, mostly at the urging of Dd.In the film Michel Simon falls in love with Janie Marse, and he did offscreen as well, while Marse fell for Georges Flamant, who plays the pimp. Renoir and producer Pierre Braunberger had encouraged the relationship between Flamant and Marse in order to get the fullest conviction into their performances Flamant was a professional criminal but an amateur actor. After the film had been completed Flamant, who could barely drive, took Marse for a drive, crashed the car and she was killed. At the funeral Michel Simon fainted and had to be supported as he walked past the grave. He threatened Renoir with a gun, saying that the death of Marse was all his fault. Kill me if you like, responded Renoir, but I have made the film. ........
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