The Beast Within: Emile Zola

Train driver Jacques Lantier is, haunted by a murderous urge, as his life intertwines with the railway's dark passions and corruption, culminating in a murder committed by stationmaster Roubaud and his wife Séverine, leading to tragic consequences and exposing the primal "beast" beneath societal veneer, all set against the backdrop of France's burgeoning railway age.