La Chienne (1931)
Directed by Jean Renoir
Cashier Maurice Legrand is married to the wretched Adele. By chance, he meets Lucienne, 'Lulu', and makes her his mistress. He thinks he has finally found love, but Lulu is a streetwalker, still in love with her pimp.
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What critics compared La Chienne to
Godard's trademark torrent of references and aphorisms is typically wide-ranging, but here they often have a specific and direct application, such as Godard's homage to Jean Renoir's "La Chienne."
"I thought of You Only Live Once, and instead of the Lolita or La chienne kind of couple, I wanted to tell the story of the last romantic couple�"…