La Chienne
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Isn't Life a Bitch? is the English-language title of La Chienne, a 1931 French film by director Jean Renoir. It is the second sound film by the director and the twelfth of his career.
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Plot
Maurice (Michel Simon) is a a married cashier who meets Lulu (Janie Marèse) a streetwalker. Their chance meeting him to fall in love with her. 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.
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Cast
- 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 Gustave
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Trivia
- Isn't Life a Bitch? was remade as Scarlet Street by Fritz Lang in 1945.
- François Truffaut twice pays hommage to Isn't Life a Bitch? in his first full-length film, The 400 Blows. In the first reference, Georges Flamant makes a cameo as the father of René. In the second, Truffaut begins a scene with a shot involving a dumbwaiter; Renoir began Isn't Life a Bitch? with a similar shot.
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See also
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