Blood of the Beasts

(1949)

★ 7.5 IMDb · 84 votes

Genres: Documentary

Year: 1949

Runtime: 23 мин

Country: France

Director: Georges Franju

Cast: Georges Hubert, Nicole Ladmiral, Alfred Macquart, Maurice Griselle, André Brunier, Henri Fournel

Plot

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.