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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.
The Lower Depths: Directed by Jean Renoir. With Jean Gabin, Suzy Prim, Louis Jouvet, Jany Holt. A charismatic thief makes friends with a bankrupt baron who comes to live in the thief's slum. Meanwhile the thief seeks the love of a young woman, who is held emotionally captive by her slumlord family.
The Lower Depths. Jean Renoir and Akira Kurosawa, two of cinema's greatest directors, transform Maxim Gorky's classic proletariat play The Lower Depths in their own ways for their own times.
The Lower Depths. Jean Renoir and Akira Kurosawa, two of cinema's greatest directors, transform Maxim Gorky's classic proletariat play The Lower Depths in their own ways for their own times.
Based on Gorsky’s radical play, which Akira Kurosawa also adapted, The Lower Depths shows Renoir on redemptive mode, as he explores the dreams of life on the margins. This chiaroscuro drama is a testament to the artistry of two heavyweights of French cinema, Renoir and the magnetic actor Jean Gabin.
Inhabitants of a flophouse struggle to survive under the harsh treatment imposed by the landlord, Kostyleva. One resident, young thief Wasska Pepel, ends his affair with the landlord's wife, Vassilissa, and takes up with her sister, Natacha.
The Lower Depths (French: Les Bas-fonds) is a 1936 French drama film directed by Jean Renoir, based on a play of the same title by Maxim Gorky. Its scenes contrast the life of the upper and lower classes to comedic effect.
