國影電影編號：M202206009

放映規格：DCP

級別：輔導15級

片長：96分鐘

發音：法語

字幕：中英文

賤女人 La Chienne

Jean Renoir 尚．雷諾瓦 | B&W | DCP | 1931 | 法語 French | 96 mins

數著金錢謀生的銀行職員日復一日工作，悍妻早已讓婚姻瀕臨崩解。他能以繪畫作為業餘的浮生之樂，卻無法為人生真正增添色彩。直到他遇見一位年輕貌美的女人，受其勾引魅惑後，生活變得全然不同。然而，以為擁有了情人的他，卻不知道她其實是名雛妓。

本片為詩意寫實的早期代表作，述說關於掙脫枯燥生活與道德抉擇的故事。若說社會能以一種不具名的方式「強暴」人們，成為娼妓是否就只代表為錢賣命？生活裡的蜜糖有時也可能是毒藥，角色們以為脫離枷鎖，實則走向更蒼涼的監獄。導演刻畫小人物的辛酸、甚至犯罪，以戲劇調侃人生中的無奈，十足展現尚．雷諾瓦堅信不移的人道主義。人人皆有道德瑕疵，卻也極力追求美的一面，可憐還是可恨，有時只在一線之間。

Maurice is a cashier and aspiring painter trapped in an unhappy marriage to the abusive Adèle. When Maurice chances upon Dédé beating a woman, Lulu, he rescues her. She claims Dédé is her brother but he is, in fact, her pimp and she is a prostitute. Maurice finds her an apartment, where he brings his paintings. But Dédé sells the pictures, pretending Lulu was the artist. Maurice meets Adèle’s former husband, thought dead in the war. They successfully plot to get rid of Adèle, freeing Maurice. But when he goes to Lulu, he finds her in bed with Dédé. With her deception revealed, the love triangle points towards its tragic culmination.

La Chienne is Renoir’s second sound film. A poetic tragedy, it uses striking visual aesthetics to encapsulate the imprisonment of working-class lives. Quintessential Renoir, and a key example of poetic realism.