Blood of the Beasts
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.
- Year: 1949
- Country: France
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: Forces et voix de la France
- Keyword: gore, butcher, meat, slaughterhouse, animal abuse, animal cruelty, animal slaughter, skinning, abattoir, short film, shockumentary
- Director: Georges Franju
- Cast: Georges Hubert, Nicole Ladmiral, Alfred Macquart, Maurice Griselle, André Brunier, Henri Fournel