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Rating: 8 stars

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France Criterion aristocrat party upper class hunting

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The Rules of the Game (1939)

Directed by Jean Renoir

Drama | Comedy

Overview

A weekend at a marquis’ country château lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois acquaintances.

Rated NR | Length 106 minutes

Actors

Jean Renoir | Marcel Dalio | Nora Gregor | Julien Carette | Roland Toutain | Paulette Dubost | Gaston Modot | Mila Parély | Anne Mayen | Eddy Debray | Pierre Magnier | Odette Talazac | Claire Gérard | Pierre Nay | Richard Francoeur | Léon Larive | Lise Elina | Nicolas Amato | Henri Cartier-Bresson | Celestin | Tony Corteggiani | Geo Forster | Roger Forster | Camille François | Jenny Hélia | André Zwoboda | Jacques Beauvais | Maurice Marceau | Marguerite de Morlaye | Marcel Melrac | Antoine Corteggiani

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Part of my highest rated Flickchart project. Surprised this is rated as highly as it is there yet not in the top 250 at IMDb. Usually I don’t care much for the lives and pettiness of the upper class but this is very entertaining and well shot by Renoir. With so many characters to juggle he’s done a great job of establishing each one and making believable interactions.

The hunting scene is disturbing as they really are hunting. Can’t recall the last time I saw that many animals (in this case, rabbits and game) killed onscreen. It’s a prolonged segment with multiple takes of all these bourgeois folks shooting likely to further emphasize how ridiculous the upper class really are.

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