Isn't Life a Bitch?

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Isn't Life a Bitch

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Directed by Jean Renoir
Produced by Charles David
Roger Richebé
Written by André Girard
Jean Renoir
Starring Michel Simon
Janie Marese
Georges Flament
Roger Gaillard
Release date(s) November 19, 1931
Running time 91 min.
Country Flag of France France
Language French
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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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[edit] Plot

Michel Simon plays Maurice a married cashier whose chance meeting with Lulu (Janie Marèse) a streetwaker turns into a love affair, for him only. She is in love with her boyfriend/pimp Dede (Georges Flamant) the two plot ways for him to feed them cash mostly at the behest of Dede.

[edit] Cast

  • Michel Simon as Maurice Legrand
  • Janie Marèse as Lucienne Pelletier
  • Georges Flamant as Andre 'Dede' Govain
  • Roger Gaillard as Alexis Godard
  • Romain Bouquet as Henriot
  • Pierre Desty as Gustave

[edit] 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.

[edit] External links

Chienne, La at the Internet Movie Database


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