The Lower Depths
1936 · 92 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 3,781 VOTES · DIR. Jean Renoir
Overview
Inhabitants of a flophouse struggle to survive under the harsh treatment imposed by the landlord, Kostyleva. One resident, young thief Wasska Pepel, ends his affair with the landlord's wife, Vassilissa, and takes up with her sister, Natacha. Pepel also befriends the baron, a former nobleman fallen on hard times, but Pepel's attempts at happiness are complicated when he's accused of murder by a spiteful Vassilissa.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,149 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:30 for Best French Film of the Year.”
00:07:06 Hey, lodgers!
00:12:07 You dropped it on purpose.
00:15:50 Please do.
00:21:26 - No matter. - Creditors' agents, too.
00:24:58 I like dozing in the grass.
00:28:15 Gobelins!
00:31:34 A bronze statue?
00:34:07 We're in for a laugh. The baron is here in person.
00:38:54 - Doomed Love. - Give it back!
00:41:44 and with that half ruble you give me
00:44:41 Stolen. You knew that yesterday.
00:47:52 Whose deal is it?
00:50:58 Listen
00:53:40 But pleasure isn't enough in itself.
00:56:45 Perhaps a bit of love would've changed everything.
00:59:29 They're just jealous because they have nothing to tell.
01:02:28 With all the work in this house
01:05:21 Would you like that? - Certainly she would.
01:08:59 But it'll happen sooner or later.
01:14:20 - What's wrong with me? - You're selfish.
01:17:43 Unless I follow Anna into the hereafter.
01:22:48 This looks bad.
01:26:48 Was he lying about the place where drunkards can be cured?
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,149
Dialogue density12.5 lines / min
First line00:00:30
Final line01:26:48
Production Record
DirectorJean Renoir
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes3,781