The Lower Depths (1936)
Directed by Jean Renoir
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. Pepel also befriends the baron, a former nobleman fallen on hard times, but Pepel's attempts at happiness are complicated when he's accused of murder by a spiteful Vassilissa.
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Pigsty Alley is a delightful mix of the downtrodden and the optimistic, reminiscent of both Robert Altman�s Sweet Haven from Popeye and Jean Renoir�s slums in The The Lower Depths.
Economic disparity may be the greatest subject of the twenty-first century for intimate horror, and Watch a lot of Kurosawa you haven’t seen lately, especially “High & Low,” “Dodes’ka-den,” “I Live In Fear,” “The Lower Depths” and “The Bad Sleep Well.”