Blood of the Beasts
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Blood of the Beasts (Le Sang des bêtes) is a 1949 short French documentary film written and directed by Georges Franju. It is narrated by Georges Hubert and Nicole Ladmiral. The film features on the Criterion Collection DVD for Eyes Without a Face (1960).
Synopsis
Franju's film contrasts peaceful scenes of Parisian suburbia with scenes from a slaughterhouse. The film documents the slaughtering of a horse, sheep, and calves; once the horse is stunned by a pistol, it is bled and butchered. The film is narrated wit unemotive, detached language. Some critics have suggested it can be seen as an allegory to events that happened in the Holocaust.
Awards
- Grand Prix International du Court Sujet 1950
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