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Blood of the Beasts
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Blood of the Beasts

1949
Directed byGeorges Franju
0h 23m

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.

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Georges HubertNarrator (voice)Nicole LadmiralNarrator (voice)Alfred Macquart
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Himself, horse slaughterer
Maurice GriselleHimself, cow slaughterer
André BrunierPoleaxer
Henri FournelButcher
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Documentary
STATUSReleased
RATING
7.5

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