Blood of the Beasts
1949 · 23 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 2,691 VOTES · DIR. Georges Franju
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 86 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:09 BLOOD OF THE BEAST
00:01:12 Arranged and offered for the benefit...
00:02:58 In spite of the bullfighting statues,...
00:03:13 the rush, or cane...
00:04:23 Later one loosen to skin it.
00:04:55 ...and the vegetal coal bones...
00:05:10 Skinning a horse, Ernest Bruyet sectioned the femoral artery.
00:05:50 Auguste Macquart, his grandfather,...
00:07:22 “Bearing of Pantin”, the market the "Villette”.
00:08:06 ...the butchers and the climbers work...
00:08:54 When inserting the cane in the channel of the medular,...
00:09:54 The channels gather the rest.
00:15:17 The dead animal still shakes, but they are only concerned involuntary.
00:17:10 It is the zone of auctions of the slaughter house.
00:17:27 ...like condemned men who still sing knowing that its song is useless.
00:18:59 ...wrote Baudelaire.
00:19:12 ...with the pays of difficult and often a dangerous profession.
00:19:31 ...reflections alternating in the rain.
00:19:48 ...they seem like angels back in the height.
00:20:03 ...next to the lagoon, the high and humid rushes;
00:20:21 The day comes to an end.
00:20:36 ...that starts off after the dusk...
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed86
Dialogue density3.7 lines / min
First line00:00:09
Final line00:20:36
Production Record
DirectorGeorges Franju
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes2,691