La Bête Humaine (1940)Movies

Genetic taints and evil loose women are two of my favorite cinematic subjects (and, of course, subjects in general), so it is only natural that La Bête Humaine (1938) aka The Human Beast aka Judas Was a Woman—a film that also belongs from my preferred frog cinema movement of ‘poetic realism’—is my favorite Jean Renoir (The Grand Illusion, The Rules of the Game) film; or so I just discovered this past week after watching the film for the very first time and joyously discovering a totally timeless and haunting romantic tragedy that reminded why thots kill. Indeed, featuring the ultimate femme fatale portrayed by Simone Simon—a little lady with the perfect femme fatale pedigree as a half-heeb/half-guido mischling with a rather revealing taste...