La Chienne (1931) is a French film by director Jean Renoir. It is the second sound film by the director and the twelfth of his career.The literal English translation of the film's title is "The Bitch", although the movie was never released under this title. It is often referred to in English as Isn't Life a Bitch?It was remade by Fritz Lang in the United States as Scarlet Street (1945).