La Bête Humaine

La Bête Humaine

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Release Date

12/23/1938

Runtime

98 mins

Overview

Returning by train to the French port of Le Havre, Jacques Lantier, a tormented railwayman, meets by chance the impulsive stationmaster Roubard and Séverine, his wife.

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Budget

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Revenue

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A fatalistic romance where passion and darkness intertwine aboard trains and in shadowed rooms. Renoir crafts a portrait of people trapped by their own desires and secrets, moving toward an inevitable reckoning.

Mood

MelancholicTenseBittersweet

Themes

ObsessionLoveFamilyMortality

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticPainterly

Structure

Linear

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