The Lower Depths (1936)
- Original title
- Les Bas-fonds
- Directed by
- Jean Renoir
- Genre
- drama film, crime film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 81 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A thief hides in a rundown boarding house and befriends a baron who has lost everything. The film shows how different classes deal with poverty and bad luck.
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What happens
The Lower Depths (French: Les bas-fonds) is a 1936 French drama film directed by Jean Renoir and starring Jean Gabin, Suzy Prim and Louis Jouvet. It is based on the 1902 play of the same title by Maxim Gorky. Its scenes contrast the life of the upper and lower classes to comedic effect. It was shot at the Epinay Studios of Eclair and on location between Epinay and Saint-Denis on the Seine. The film's sets were designed by the art director Eugène Lourié. It received the first Louis Delluc Prize in 1937. The National Board of Review in the United States considered it a Top Ten Foreign Film for 1937. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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