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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.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.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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- 2 wins & 1 nomination
Nora Gregor
- Christine de la Cheyniest
- (as Nora Grégor)
Lise Elina
- Radio-Reporter
- (as Lise Élina)
Julien Carette
- Marceau, le braconnier
- (as Carette)
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- TriviaAfter the success of The Grand Illusion (1937) and The Human Beast (1938), Jean Renoir and his nephew Claude Renoir set up their own production company, Les Nouvelles Editions Françaises (NEF). This was their first and last production, as the company went into bankruptcy and was dissolved due to the ban of their movie after just three weeks of shows.
- GoofsWhen the hunting party starts, the animals (notably the rabbits) barely move. Even when the beaters are close to them, they move at the last moment. This because the animals were not wild as the plot required, but actually bred in captivity and hence used to human presence. For information, the killing is real: many animals died during the movie.
- Alternate versionsPrologue to 1959 reconstructed version: "Jean Gaborit and Jacques Durand reconstructed this film with the approval and advice of Jean Renoir, who dedicates this resurrection to the memory of André Bazin."
- ConnectionsEdited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Seul le cinéma (1994)
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I Can't Get Past the Events!
This is on every great films list. I finally got to see it. There is great cinematography, cameras peering down hallways, people in constant motion as in an anthill. All the sordid relationships are brought to the screen. What I needed to know was whether this is really parody. The people are awful. They have no respect for their marriages and their trysts are happening all over the place. Servants are groping servants. Rich are groping rich. The gamekeeper, who looks a little like John Cleese is allowed to run through the house during a party, firing shots randomly, hoping to hit the man who is pursuing his wife. Is the ennui the whole point. Are they the rabbits that are hunted with their sexual appetite? I just see boredom and lack of commitment and its hard to separate this primitive morality from their silly, pointless lives. It also seems they have their own laws which they can make or break at will. Perhaps if I become more wise to what Renoir was trying to do, I will enjoy this more the next time I see it.
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- Sep 17, 2009
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- Pravila igre
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- Budget
- FRF 5,500,500 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $273,641
- Gross worldwide
- $273,641
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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