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La Curée. La Curée (1871–72; English: The Kill) is the 2nd novel in Émile Zola 's 20-volume series Les Rougon-Macquart. It deals with property speculation and the lives of the extremely wealthy Nouveau riche of the Second French Empire, against the backdrop of Baron Haussmann 's reconstruction of Paris in the 1850s and 1860s.
- France
- Émile Zola
- French
- Les Rougon-Macquart
The Game Is Over (original title La Curée, "The Kill") is a 1966 French-Italian French language drama film directed by Roger Vadim and starring Jane Fonda, Michel Piccoli, and Peter McEnery. The film is a modern-day adaptation of the 1871-72 novel La Curée by Émile Zola .
- 2,558,254 admissions (France)
- Jean Bouchéty, Jean-Pierre Bourtayre
- Mario Sarago, Roger Vadim
La Curée est surtout une histoire quasi stendhalienne (malgré l'anachronisme) d'un parvenu, d'un pervers, ici un affairiste politique désireux de réussir à tout prix, qui ne le cache guère et y parviendra d'une curieuse et triple manière : d'une part, la trahison et l'opportunisme qui vont jusqu'à la mort, y compris d'un parent en ...
- Octobre 1871
- Émile Zola
- France
- Roman naturaliste
The Game Is Over: Directed by Roger Vadim. With Jane Fonda, Michel Piccoli, Peter McEnery, Tina Aumont. In Paris, Maxime visits his wealthy industrialist father Alexandre and his beautiful young Canadian wife, Renée.
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- Drama
- Roger Vadim
- 1966-06-22
The Kill is the 2nd novel in Émile Zola's 20-volume series Les Rougon-Macquart. It deals with property speculation and the lives of the extremely wealthy Nouveau riche of the Second French Empire, against the backdrop of Baron Haussmann's reconstruction of Paris in the 1850's and 1860's.
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- Mass Market Paperback
Apr 2, 2021 · Rougon-Macquart #2. Emile Zola’s ‘La Curée’ (1872), translated as ‘The Kill’, is an extraordinary novel of unbridled appetites, material and sexual, and of the moral decay and rottenness of unfettered capitalism. It shares a setting and many common themes with ‘L’Argent’ (‘Money’) and features the same central character of ...
Jan 19, 2006 · La Curée Credits: Produced by www.ebooksgratuits.com and Chuck Greif Language: French: LoC Class: PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese: Subject: Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction Category: Text: EBook-No. 17553: Release Date: Jan 19, 2006: Most Recently Updated: Aug 2, 2011 ...
