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The Rules of the Game (original French title: La règle du jeu) is a 1939 French satirical comedy-drama film directed by Jean Renoir. The ensemble cast includes Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parély, Marcel Dalio, Julien Carette, Roland Toutain, Gaston Modot, Pierre Magnier and Renoir.
Considered one of the greatest films ever made, Jean Renoir’s The Rules of the Game is a scathing critique of corrupt French society cloaked in a comedy of manners in which a weekend at a marquis’s country château lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut-bourgeois acquaintances.
- Marquis Robert de la Cheyniest
Feb 29, 2004 · A country house farce with a subversive subtext, Renoir's masterpiece satirizes the French ruling class on the eve of war. See how the film's deep focus, improvisation and tragic ending make it a great movie.
The Rules of the Game: Directed by Jean Renoir. With Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parély, Odette Talazac. A bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II, as the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Jean Renoir
- 1950-04-08
Nov 15, 2011 · Renoir's 1939 masterpiece depicts the folly and tragedy of the French bourgeoisie through a complex web of love and class conflicts. The film is a social critique, a comic theater, and a cinematic achievement, with two brilliant scenes: the hunt and the party.
Jan 7, 2021 · But “The Rules of the Game” is among the most perfectly balanced of films: a movie about discretion that is in every way a model of it. The opening credits call it a “dramatic fantasy,” but...
Jun 25, 2023 · Considered one of the greatest films ever made, Jean Renoir’s The Rules of the Game is a scathing critique of corrupt French society cloaked in a comedy of manners in which a weekend at a marquis’s country château lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois acquaintances.
