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Les Films du Jeudi
Directed by: Jean Renoir
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 sense of humanity. A hangdog 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 and turning narrative—a stinging commentary on class and sexual divides—to an unforgettably ironic conclusion.
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Technical Specifications
Format:
DVD
Disc:
DVD-9 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
1 (DVD)
Aspect Ratio:
1.19:1
Audio Options:
French Dolby Digital Mono 1.0
Resolution:
480p/29.97
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Introduction, Interview, Short Film, Television Program, Insert
- Introduction to the film by director Jean Renoir from 1967
- New interview with Renoir scholar Christopher Faulkner
- New restoration of On purge bébé (1931), Renoir
- Jean Renoir le patron: “Michel Simon” (1966), a ninety-minute French television program featuring a conversation between Jean Renoir and Michel Simon, moderated by filmmaker Jacques Rivette
- Insert featuring an essay by film scholar and critic Ginette Vincendeau
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Producer: Elizabeth Pauker
Release Notes on Restoration
La chienne
La chienne is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.19:1. On widescreen televisions, black bars will appear on the left and the right of the image to maintain the proper screen format. This new digital transfer was created in 4K resolution from a 35mm safety fine-grain made from the original 35mm nitrate negative. The film was restored in 2K resolution at Digimage Classics by Les Films du Jeudi and the Cinémathèque française, with the support of the CNC and the participation of the Franco-American Cultural Fund DGS — MPA — SACEM — WGAW. The original monaural soundtrack was remastered from the 35mm optical soundtrack negative and restored by L.E. Diapason.
On purge Bébé was restored at Digimage Classics by Les Films du Jeudi, with the support of the CNC and collaboration of the Museo Nazionale del Cinema di Torino.
On purge Bébé was restored at Digimage Classics by Les Films du Jeudi, with the support of the CNC and collaboration of the Museo Nazionale del Cinema di Torino.