Blood of the Beasts

Le Sang des bêtes

1949·23'

Georges Franju

Documentary

FR - French

Letterboxd TMDB #91262

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An early example of ultra-realism, this movie contrasts the quiet, bucolic life in the outskirts of Paris with the harsh, gory conditions inside the nearby slaughterhouses. Describes the fate of the animals and that of the workers in graphic detail.

Cast

Georges Hubert Narrator (voice) Nicole Ladmiral Narrator (voice)

Alfred Macquart Himself, horse slaughterer

Maurice Griselle Himself, cow slaughterer

André Brunier Poleaxer

Henri Fournel Butcher