The Lower Depths (1937)
- 7.6
- 92 mins
- Drama
Storyline
The winner of the Louis Delluc Prize as the most outstanding French photo-play of 1936, as selected by the Young Independent Critics of France (an organization and not a description.) The film treats the imprisoning hold of poverty; the disheartening odds of people rising from such social despair, and the ease in which those in the upper spheres of Society may descend.—Les Adams
Plot Keywords
slum, theft, social class, police officer, police inspector, mistress, insanity, infidelity, gendarme, deception, criminal, cheating wife, actor, truth, upper class, self destructiveness, poverty, despair, police, romantic rivalry
Short Review
Gabin and Jouvet are their usual glorious selves, though the tendency towards pessimism makes this one of Renoir's less rewarding films.
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