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La bête humaine

Based on the classic Emile Zola novel, Jean Renoir's La bête humaine was one of the legendary director's greatest popular successesand earned star Jean Gabin a permanent place in the hearts of his countrymen. Part poetic realism, part film noir, the film is a hard-boiled and suspenseful journey into the tormented psyche of a workingman.

"A grimly fatalistic tale about a train engineers inbred compulsion to murder, and his desperate attempts to restrain it, it is graced by an iconic Jean Gabin performance that attempts to go beyond good and evil Lantier is a devilishly difficult character to portray, a victim of fate and genetics who still, in the end, commits heinous acts. He is something of a monster, and yet Gabins sensitive, wounded and defeated performance imbues him with what amounts to a soul." - Streamline

"It is simply a story; a macabre, grim and oddly-fascinating story." NY Times

"Superb performances from Gabin, Simon and Ledoux as the classic tragic love triangle." Time Out