Container of (work): On purge bébé (Motion picture) Container of (work): Jean Renoir le patron (Television program)
Notes:
Michel Simon, Georges Flamant, Janie Marèse, Roger Gaillard, Jean Gehret, Alexandre Rignault, Max Dalban, Magdelaine Berubet. Based on the novel by Georges de la Fouchardier. Originally released as a motion picture in 1931. Insert credits André Mouézy-Éon as co-screenwriter Fullscreen (1.19:1 aspect ratio). Digitally restored in 2014. Special features: New, restored 4K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray; Introduction to the film from 1961 by director Jean Renoir; New interview with Renoir scholar Christopher Faulkner; New restoration of On purge bébé (1931), Renoir's first sound film, also starring Michel Simon; Jean Renoir le patron: Michel Simon a ninety-five-minute 1967 French television program featuring a conversation between Renoir and Simon, directed by Jacques Rivette; Plus: an essay by film scholar Ginette Vincendeau. MPAA rating: Not rated.
Summary:
Cashier Maurice Legrand is married to Adele, a terror. By chance, he meets Lucienne, known as Lulu on the street, and makes her his mistress. He thinks he finally met love, but Lulu is nothing but a streetwalker, in love with Dédé, her pimp. She only accepts Legrand to satisfy Dédé's needs of money.
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