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FRANCE · 1938
La Bête humaine
Synopsis
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.
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France · European Art Cinema
Rémi Fournier Lanzoni, French Cinema: from its Beginnings to the Present , New York & London, Continuum
Rémi Fournier Lanzoni, French Cinema: from its Beginnings to the Present , New York & London, Continuum
John Gibbs, Mise-en-scène: Film Style and Interpretation , London and New York, Wallflower Press
John Gibbs, Mise-en-scène: Film Style and Interpretation , London and New York, Wallflower Press
James Leahy, “All in the Script? So Why Make the Movie?”, Vertigo , Vol.2, No.2
James Leahy, “All in the Script? So Why Make the Movie?”, Vertigo , Vol.2, No.2
Films with Similar Themes
obsession · infidelity · murder · social class · railway culture
