Le Sang des bêtes

1949 [FRENCH]

Documentary

4
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 90% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.7/10 10 2794 2.8K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Georges Franju Photo
Georges Franju

Top cast

Nicole Ladmiral Photo
Nicole Ladmiral as Récitante / Narrator
Georges Hubert Photo
Georges Hubert as Récitant / Narrator
Alfred Macquart Photo
Alfred Macquart as Self - horse slaughterer
Maurice Griselle Photo
Maurice Griselle as Self - cow slaughterer
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203.22 MB
968*720
French 2.0
Atp
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23.976 fps
12 hr 22 min
Seeds 2
377.48 MB
1452*1080
French 2.0
Atp
us  
23.976 fps
12 hr 22 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by R T 10 / 10

A stark, unflinching look at how a slaughterhouse

A stark, unflinching look at how a slaughterhouse operates. It's affecting and filled with harrowing images of cruelty that will burn into the viewer's mind for long after the short running time and may even have the power to turn some vegan.
Reviewed by R T 6 / 10

Le Sang de Bêtes holds the viewer in

Le Sang de Bêtes holds the viewer in a morbid fascination. It's a graphic glimpse into places we would never want to visit or work in - slaughterhouses.
Reviewed by R T 8 / 10

To a vegetarian, this is essentially a snuff

To a vegetarian, this is essentially a snuff film. Animals die in a slaughterhouse. However, director Georges Franju treats the topic in a way that is not too far afield from David Lynch's Blue Velvet. That is, we see Paris and its tranquil daily life and then we go behind the façade to find out how meat is made available. Of course, in 1949, the killing is done by hand, by trained professionals (who nevertheless get cysts and other injuries in the course of their work). The film (only 20 minutes) is sometimes referred to as surreal and perhaps a pile of calves heads (after they are slaughtered to make veal) is an unusual image - but it is all too real, not surreal. Franju went on to make Eyes Without a Face, which is definitely surreal and horrific. In that film, a surgeon preys on young women in order to find a new face for his daughter (after a car accident). Perhaps the same moral coldness underscores both films.
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