Fresh
It carries some interest in its curious blend of tones and styles -- it oscillates between vaudeville turns and stark tragedy.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
The Lower Depths
From the world-famous play by MAXIM GORKI
1936 · 1h 32m · APPROVED
Crime, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Jean Renoir
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Jean Renoir Director
- Jean Gabin as Wasska Pepel
- Suzy Prim as Vassilissa Kostyleva
- Louis Jouvet as Le baron
- Jany Holt as Nastia, la prostituée
- Junie Astor as Natacha, la sœur de Vassilissa
- Nathalie Alexeief-Darsène as Anna
- Vladimir Sokoloff as le vieux Kostileff
- Robert Le Vigan as l'acteur alcoolique
- Camille Bert as le comte
- André Gabriello as le commissaire Toptoum
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
88%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Renoir sought out balance and humanistic sympathy, reshaping the narrative so the thief (Jean Gabin) and the Baron (Louis Jouvet) bond over their mutual rebellion against the social system.
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
Rotten
Gabin and Jouvet are their usual glorious selves, though the tendency towards pessimism makes this one of Renoir's less rewarding films.
Time Out
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