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La Chienne

1931 · 96 min · Director: Jean Renoir ★ IMDb 7.5 · 5,437 ratings

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Cashier Maurice Legrand is married to Adele, a terror. By chance, he meets Lucienne, "Lulu", and make her his mistress. He thinks he finally met love, but Lulu is nothing but a streetwalker, in love with Dede, her pimp. She only accepts Legrand to satisfy Dede's needs of money.

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La Chienne (1931) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Melancholy 35%, Empathy 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Melancholy, Empathy, Sadness. Genres: Drama, Crime. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Melancholy, Empathy and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 7.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Sympathy
  • Sadness

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Tension
Sympathy
Sadness
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then dips around 43 %, then peaks around 78 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionSympathySadness
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor43 %13 %22 %8 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Sympathy44 %25 %33 %15 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Sympathy49 %34 %45 %25 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Sympathy51 %34 %46 %27 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Humor49 %34 %41 %24 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Sympathy48 %38 %41 %24 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Sympathy46 %36 %35 %20 %
37.5 %≈ 36′Humor44 %31 %25 %13 %
42.5 %≈ 41′Humor43 %31 %28 %15 %
47.5 %≈ 46′Sympathy46 %36 %36 %23 %
52.5 %≈ 50′Tension51 %44 %38 %21 %
57.5 %≈ 55′Humor54 %48 %30 %15 %
62.5 %≈ 60′Humor59 %51 %31 %19 %
67.5 %≈ 65′Sympathy66 %60 %48 %36 %
72.5 %≈ 70′Tension74 %69 %55 %49 %
77.5 %≈ 74′Tension75 %71 %48 %46 %
82.5 %≈ 79′Tension69 %66 %43 %44 %
87.5 %≈ 84′Tension69 %65 %48 %51 %
92.5 %≈ 89′Tension71 %55 %50 %55 %
97.5 %≈ 94′Humor67 %32 %43 %48 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

JM
Janie Marèse

GF
Georges Flamant

MB
Magdeleine Bérubet

RG
Roger Gaillard

JG
Jean Gehret

LM
Lucien Mancini

MD
Max Dalban

RB
Romain Bouquet

PD
Pierre Desty

JP
Jane Pierson

Philomène, concierge

CA
Christian Argentin

Investigating judge Desrumaux

MD
Mlle Doryans

Yvonne

AL
Adèle Legrand

AR
Alexandre Rignault

Hector Langelard, art critic (uncredited)

MC
Marcel Courmes

Colonel (uncredited)

HG
Henri Guisol

Amédée, waiter (uncredited)

SI
Sylvain Itkine

Dédé's lawyer (uncredited)

CB
Colette Borelli

Lily (uncredited)

AC
Agnès Capri

(uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Jean Renoir
Written by
Jean Renoir, Georges de La Fouchardière, André Girard
Type
Movies
Released
1931
Runtime
96 min
Country
France
Genres
Drama, Crime
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.5 · 5,437 ratings
Feels mostly
Melancholy
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