Journal de Etica y Cine

Volumen 14 | Nº 2 - July 2024

The femme fatale function in film noir and poetic realism

Scarlet Street | Fritz Lang | 1945 - La chienne | Jean Renoir | 1931
Juan M. Dardón

Instituto de Filosofía “Dr. Alejandro Korno”
Facultad de Filosofía y Letras - UBA

Abstract

In the present study we will carry out an investigation into the function of the femme fatale and femicide in Fritz Lang’s filmography, through a reading of the ethical, moral and religious aspects and his own conception as an author. To do this, we will make a comparison with a classic feature film by Jean Renoir that Lang later remade, analyzing the issue of the objectification of the female body and the bourgeois frustration at not achieving the commodification of their desire. In this comparison we will see how tragedy and parody are modalities of adaptation and naturalization of patriarchal violence.

Keywords: femme fatale | filme noir | patriarchal violence | reification | desire

This article is, for the time being, only available in Spanish: La función femme fatale en el filme noir y el realismo poético

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Etica y Cine (Ethics & Films) is a Peer Reviewed Quarterly Journal Edited by
Department of Psychoanalysis and Department of Deontology, School of Psychology, National University of Cordoba, Argentina
Department of Psychology, Ethics and Human Rights, School of Psychology, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
With the collaboration of:
Center for Medical Ethics (CME), Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway
Under the auspicious of:
The International Network of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics.

The femme fatale function in film noir and poetic realism

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