In some ways a depressing view of human existence but one that's most often true. The characters are enmeshed in their own problems and believe that scapegoating others and, thereby, creating more problems can provide solutions. They refuse to accept that problems are always caused by a refusal to face problems. None enjoys healthy sexual relations and the sexual jealousy resulting from forcing others to love you leads – inevitably - to murder.
However, the film extracts maximum empathy from the situations presented. Not an alienating experience, but one in which you could easily imagine yourself being caught up in. The feline Simone Simon plays the ultimate femme fatale; sleeping with men in the hope they'll be so grateful, they'll murder her husband! Jean Gabin is her latest snare - a star incapable of giving a bad performance.
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