La Bête Humaine
Time Out says
Stunning images of trains and railway lines as a metaphor for the blind, immutable forces that drive human passions to destruction. Superb performances from Gabin, Simon and Ledoux as the classic tragic love triangle. The deterministic principles of Zola's novel, replaced by destiny in Lang's remake Human Desire, are slightly muffled here. But given the overwhelming tenderness and brutality of Renoir's vision, it hardly matters that the hero's compulsion to kill, the result of hereditary alcoholism, is left half-explained.
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Release details
Duration:
104 mins
Cast and crew
Cast:
Blanchette Brunoy
Fernand Ledoux
Simone Simon
Julien Carette
Jean Gabin
Jean Renoir
Fernand Ledoux
Simone Simon
Julien Carette
Jean Gabin
Jean Renoir