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.

Credits

Georges FranjuDirector

Georges HubertNarrator (voice)

Nicole LadmiralNarrator (voice)

Alfred MacquartHimself, horse slaughterer

Maurice GriselleHimself, cow slaughterer