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In the United States, La Chienne streams on Criterion. You can rent or buy it from Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, and Fandango At Home. It also streams in 4 other countries.
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Good for friends night · drop-in friendly · thought-provoking
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Cashier Maurice Legrand is married to the wretched Adele. By chance, he meets Lucienne, 'Lulu', and makes her his mistress. He thinks he has finally found love, but Lulu is a streetwalker, still in love with her pimp.
French Poetic RealismTragic Love TriangleBetrayal and DeceitSocial CommentaryWorking-Class DramaPsychological DepthBleak MoralityCynical RomanceEarly Sound Era
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Is La Chienne worth watching?
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ExcellentGoodWatch scoreYes, it's widely acclaimed, with a GoodWatch score of 89 (IMDb 7.5 and Rotten Tomatoes 100%). Critics rate it higher (100 out of 100) than audiences (81).
Will I feel good after watching La Chienne?
BleakHopeful
Probably not: the title analysis rates it 8 of 10 for bleakness and 7 for melancholy, against 2 for hopefulness.
Is La Chienne plot-driven or character-driven?
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Mostly character-driven: it leans on character depth (8 of 10) and pathos (8 of 10) more than on its plot.
Is La Chienne in English?
French
No, it was made in French.
What tropes does La Chienne use?
Gray Rain of DepressionLove MartyrLie Back and Think of EnglandGory Discretion ShotDistant FinaleStreet PerformerEdgy Backwards Chair-SittingLove TriangleTime-Passage BeardReports of My Death Were Greatly ExaggeratedRelative-ly Flimsy ExcuseStealing from the Tilland 12 more
TV Tropes lists 24 tropes for it, including Gray Rain of Depression, Love Martyr, and Lie Back and Think of England.