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Picnic on the Grass ( French: Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe) is a 1959 French comedy film written and directed by Jean Renoir, starring Paul Meurisse, Fernand Sardou and Catherine Rouvel. It is known in the United Kingdom by its original title or in translation as Lunch on the Grass.
Picnic on the Grass: Directed by Jean Renoir. With Paul Meurisse, Charles Blavette, André Brunot, Régine Blaess. Etienne Alexis, a scientist promoting artificial insemination for social betterment, hosts an aseptic picnic for his engagement to a German cousin.
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- Comedy, Romance
- Jean Renoir
- 1959-11-11
Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe ( French: [lə deʒœne syʁ lɛʁb, -ʒøn-]; The Luncheon on the Grass) – originally titled Le Bain ( The Bath) – is a large oil on canvas painting by Édouard Manet created in 1862 and 1863. It depicts a female nude and a scantily dressed female bather on a picnic with two fully dressed men in a rural setting.
Etienne Alexis, a candidate for president of the new Europe, is a scientist promoting artificial insemination for social betterment and therapy to eliminate passion. To celebrate his engagement to a cousin, he hosts an aseptic picnic, where mother nature asserts herself.
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- Compagnie Jean Renoir
- Jean Renoir
An in-depth review of the film Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe (1959), aka Picnic on the Grass, directed by Jean Renoir, featuring Paul Meurisse, Charles Blavette, Andre Brunot.
- Jean Renoir
A strange, whimsical fantasy heavily evocative of the director's Impressionist roots; a science-minded candidate for the president of Europe throws a picnic as public example of his earthiness, and falls in love with a peasant girl.
To celebrate his engagement to a German cousin, he hosts an aseptic picnic, where mother nature asserts herself. A shepherd's flute conjures a windstorm that throws Alexis together with the luscious Nénette, a farm lass who wants to have a baby but is unimpressed with men.
