The Rules of the Game

Name: The Rules of the Game
Director: Jean Renoir
Released: 1939
Duration: 1 h 52 min
Cast: Gaston Modot, Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, Roland Toutain, Mila Parély

by Jean Renoir1h521939France

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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.

Cast and crew

Credits
- Rights holder : Les Grands Films Classiques
- Production Compagny : Nouvelles Éditions de Films (NEF)
- Photo Director : Jean Bachelet
- Set Decoration : Eugène Lourié
- Editing : Marguerite Renoir
- Sound Recorder : Joseph de Bretagne
- Costume Design : Coco Chanel
- Original Music : Roger Désormières, Joseph Kosma
- Director : Jean Renoir
- Scenario : Jean Renoir
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1939
- French release date : 8 juillet 1939
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Black and White
- Language : French

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Christian Rouaud
about The Rules of the Game
of Jean Renoir
On est dans une espèce de légereté de ton et de sentiment qui met au coeur du film la question : où est la vie et où est le théâtre ?
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Laurent Cantet
about The Rules of the Game
of Jean Renoir
Renoir a donné le LA à des générations de cinéastes.

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Jean Renoir à propos de son film La Règle du jeu

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