La Bête humaine*

Train engineer Jacques Lantier, played by screen legend Jean Gabin, becomes the lover of Severine, the wife of deputy station master Roubaud. Roubaud overlooks the affair because he rightly believes that Lantier knows he killed his wife’s previous lover. Based on the classic Émile Zola novel, La Bête humaine is a hard-boiled and suspenseful journey into the tormented psyche of a working man.

It also offers stupendous shots of train journeys. This film starts at 14:00, but we can meet about 13:45.

• Director(s): Jean Renoir
• Cast: Jean Gabin, Simone Simon, Fernand Ledoux
• Country, year: France | 1938
• Duration: 100 mins
• Language: In French with EN subs
• Cert.: PG

We will gather briefly before the film, and go for a snack after the film (probably at the venue).

*Note: Unplanned, but just to say this film is also being attended by some members from the French Film Fanatics group (currently 3 or 4). We may join them.

David (07887 6783171)