Blood of the Beasts (1949)

Original title

Le Sang des bêtes

Directed by

Georges Franju

Genre

documentary film

Country

France

Runtime

20 min

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 83 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary shows the daily operations of a slaughterhouse in Paris. It contrasts the killing of animals with the peaceful life of the surrounding neighborhood.

disturbingunflinchingstarksomberbleakrealisticclinicalcontemplative

What happens

Blood of the Beasts (Le Sang des bêtes) is a 1949 short French documentary film written and directed by Georges Franju. It is Franju's first film and is narrated by Georges Hubert and Nicole Ladmiral. The film is a special feature on The Criterion Collection DVD for Franju's Eyes Without a Face (1960). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

• Autant en emporte l'histoire - La vie privée d'Hitler et d'Eva Braun (1949)
• Goémons (1949)
• Night and Fog (1956)
• Saigneurs (2016)
• Les orphelins de Saint-Vaast (1949)
• Les vagabonds du rêve (1949)
• Monseigneur (1949)
• Le Cochon (1970)