Film
Blood of the Beasts
1949Directed by Georges Franju
Where to watch
Stream
- Criterion Channel
- Released
- Runtime
- 23m
About Blood of the Beasts
- Documentary
Synopsis
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
- Writers
- Jean Painlevé
- Georges Franju
- Original title
- Le Sang des bêtes
