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The rules of the game = La règle du jeu : a film fantasy by Jean Renoir

In order to retain control over the production of his masterpiece The Rules of the Game, the great French director Jean Renoir formed his a production company using his own funds and the support of friends. Nevertheless, Renoir's masterful commentary on the decadence of the French aristocracy at the eve of the second world war, ran over budget half way through production. Gaumont came to the rescue providing the necessary funds, however the films new investors insisted that Renoir cut the film from 113 minutes to 100 minutes in order to make the film profitable. The film's audience at its premiere in the Aubert Palace did not appreciate Renoir's humanistic yet critical perspective of the French ruling class, as a result the premiere was a disaster. The appearance of a Jew (Dalio) as part of the storyline was used as a pretext by French anti-semites to attack the film. Renoir's humorous critique of French society takes place during a weekend hunting party in which amorous escapades abound among the aristocratic guests, behaviour which is mirrored in the activities of the servants downstairs. The film was attacked in the press as an example of moral decadence, and caused a riot at one of the first screenings. Five days after its release the film was cut again, this time to 85 minutes. Even with these changes the film was banned by French military censors as "demoralizing". In 1942 Allied bombing destroyed the negative. The film was restored to its original version in 1956.

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  • "La règle du jeu"
  • "Jean Renoir's The rules of the game"
  • "Règle du jeu"
  • "Regle du jeu"
  • "Jean Renoir's rules of the game"@en
  • "Régle du jeu"

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  • "Un aviateur accomplit un raid pour conquérir l'amour d'une femme qui est mariée. Son périple accompli, il proclame son désespoir à la radio, sa bien-aimée n'y étant pas pour l'accueillir. Le mari de cette dernière, ayant entendu cette déclaration, décide de rompre avec sa propre maîtresse. Mais il se recuse devant les supplications de celle-ci. Des amours illégitimes se nouent. Au cours d'une fête suivant une partie de chasse où tous les personnages sont réunis, les masques tombent de façon tragique."
  • ""Considered one of the greatest films ever made, The Rules of the Game, by Jean Renoir, is a scathing critique of corrupt French society cloaked in a comedy of manners in which a weekend at a marquis' country château lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois acquaintances. The film has had a tumultuous history: it was subjected to cuts after the violent response of the premiere audience in 1939, and the original negative was destroyed during World War II; it wasn't reconstructed until 1959. That version, which has stunned viewers for decades, is presented here"--Container."
  • "A complex social comedy in which characters express the entire range of love and class-consciousness; transfering from uproarious farce to sublime tragedy."
  • "Cloaked in a comedy of manners, this scathing critique of corrupt French society is about a weekend hunting party at which amorous escapades abound among the aristocratic guests, which are also mirrored by the activities of the servants downstairs."
  • "Jean Renoir's masterpiece, this film is a faithful description of a decadent society just before the beginning of World War II."
  • "A rich marquis organizes a weekend house party at his country chateau that is attended by his mistress, an old friend, and a pilot, the lover of the marquis' wife. The complicated love intrigues among the high society guests are mirrored by parallel activities among the servants. The game keeper, jealous of his wife, sets out to hunt her lover and ends up shooting the pilot."
  • "The Count and Countess La Chesnaye host a lavish weekend party at their country manor where sexual tensions erupt among the hosts, their guests and servants. Long banned in France for its stinging appraisal, the film frankly delineates the erotic charades of the French leisure class before World War II. Renoir satirizes the social and sexual mores of a decadent society near collapse. The film is noted for its two set pieces - the after-dinner entertainment and the rabbit shoot. (Does not circulate)."
  • "Based on the play "Les Caprices de Marianne," by Alfred de Musset, the plot follows a lavish house party at a country chateau, and the hearts and minds of those present. Claimed to be a "masterpiece" in film tradition."
  • "Director, Jean Renoir, uses a weekend party at a wealthy estate as a background for examining French social values in the late thirties. A complex social comedy with Renoir himself playing one of the leading roles. Restored to its original version by Jean Gaborit and Jacques Durand with the approval and advice of Jean Renoir. Dedicated to the memory of Andre Bazin. French language with English subtitles."
  • "A comedy-drama set on the eve of World War II which contrasts the affairs of the French aristocracy and the working class at a weekend house party."
  • "SUMMARY: 'Renoir chose the form of a classical eighteenth-century French comedy for this story of a society on the brink of collapse on the eve of World War II. Marcel Dalio plays the Marquis, Robert de la Chesnaye, who hosts a weekend's festivities at his country chateau. Among the invited guests are Andr ̌Jurieu, the dashing pilot who adores la Chesnaye's wife, Christine, and Octave, the melancholy, cynical clown who never quite fits into this bourgeous world. The weekend passes in a flurry of romantic intrigue, with a spectacular ft̊e, a disturbingly beautiful rabbit hunt, and a murder. 'My ambition,' wrote Renoir, 'was to illustrate this remark: We are dancing on a volcano.'' (SFSU)"
  • "Considered one of the greatest films ever made, The rules of the game (la règle du jeu), by Jean Renoir, is a scathing critique of corrupt French society cloaked in a comedy of manners in which a weekend at a marquis' country cháteau lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois acquaintances. The film has had a tumultuous history: it was subjected to cuts after the violent response of the premiere audience in 1939, and the original negative was destroyed during World War II; it wasn't reconstructed until 1959. That version, which has stunned viewers for decades, is presented here."
  • "The upper classes of prewar France are exposed at a wealthy country estate."
  • "Writer and director Jean Renoir uses a weekend party at a wealthy estate to portray what he considered the hypocrisy and moral decay of French social values prior to World War II. After a hunt, the complicated love affairs of the high-society guests, who spend much time professing their honesty, are mirrored by activities among the servants. Recut and banned during the Nazi occupation of France, the film was reconstructed to nearly its original length in 1956. French dialogue with English subtitles."
  • "In order to retain control over the production of his masterpiece The Rules of the Game, the great French director Jean Renoir formed his a production company using his own funds and the support of friends. Nevertheless, Renoir's masterful commentary on the decadence of the French aristocracy at the eve of the second world war, ran over budget half way through production. Gaumont came to the rescue providing the necessary funds, however the films new investors insisted that Renoir cut the film from 113 minutes to 100 minutes in order to make the film profitable. The film's audience at its premiere in the Aubert Palace did not appreciate Renoir's humanistic yet critical perspective of the French ruling class, as a result the premiere was a disaster. The appearance of a Jew (Dalio) as part of the storyline was used as a pretext by French anti-semites to attack the film. Renoir's humorous critique of French society takes place during a weekend hunting party in which amorous escapades abound among the aristocratic guests, behaviour which is mirrored in the activities of the servants downstairs. The film was attacked in the press as an example of moral decadence, and caused a riot at one of the first screenings. Five days after its release the film was cut again, this time to 85 minutes. Even with these changes the film was banned by French military censors as "demoralizing". In 1942 Allied bombing destroyed the negative. The film was restored to its original version in 1956."@en
  • "A comedy drama set on the eve of World War II. It contrasts the affairs of the French aristocracy and the working class at a weekend house party. Masters and their servants are involved in an immoral erotic charade that builds to a shattering climax."
  • "A comedy drama set on the eve of World War II. It contrasts the affairs of the French aristocracy and the working class at a weekend house party. Masters and their servants are involved in an immoral erotic charade that builds to a shattering climax."@en
  • "Includes 2 pamphlets in pocket: pam. 1: 24 pages featuring writings by Jean Renoir, Francois Truffaut, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bertrand Tavernier, and an essay by Alexander Sesonske; pam. 2: List of films in the Criterion Collection with issue nos."

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  • "Video recordings"@en
  • "Foreign language films"
  • "Foreign films"@en
  • "History"
  • "French films"
  • "Features"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Drama"
  • "Feature films"
  • "Feature films"@en
  • "Sociological films and programs"
  • "French language films"
  • "Film excerpts"@en

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  • "Règle du jeu"
  • "The Rules of the game [directed by Jean Renoir]"
  • "The rules of the game = La règle du jeu : a film fantasy by Jean Renoir"@en
  • "Rules of the game"
  • "Rules of the game"@en
  • "The rules of the game = La règle du jeu"
  • "Rules of the game (Motion picture : 1939)"
  • "The Rules of the game"
  • "The Rules of the game"@en
  • "Rules of the Game"
  • "The Rules of the Game"
  • "The rules of the game"
  • "The rules of the game"@en
  • "Règle du jeu (Motion picture)"@en
  • "Règle du jeu (Motion picture)"
  • "La règle du jeu (Excerpt : 1939)"@en

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