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A Balasaur Score of 81 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 85% of the 354 1930s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Cashier Maurice Legrand is married to the wretched Adele. By chance, he meets Lucienne, 'Lulu', and makes her his mistress. He thinks he has finally found love, but Lulu is a streetwalker, still in love with her pimp.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do.
140 audience votes
Key crew
- Jean RenoirDirector
- Jean RenoirScreenplay
- André GirardWriter
Cast
- Michel SimonMaurice Legrand
- Janie MarèseLucienne 'Lulu' Pelletier
- Georges FlamantAndre 'Dédé' Govain
- Magdeleine BérubetAdèle Legrand
- Roger GaillardAdjutant Alexis Godard
- Jean GehretMonsieur Dugodet
- Lucien ManciniWallstein
- Max DalbanBernard, the colleague
- Romain BouquetHenriot, boss of hosiery
- Pierre DestyGustave Brocheton
- Jane PiersonPhilomène, concierge
- Christian ArgentinInvestigating judge Desrumaux
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Themes
based on novel or bookunrequited loveblack and white