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The Rules of the Game (1939)

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Overview

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 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.

Principal Cast

Nora Gregor as Christine de la Cheyniest
Paulette Dubost as Lisette, sa camériste
Mila Parély as Geneviève de Marras
Odette Talazac as Madame de la Plante
Claire Gérard as Madame de la Bruyère
Anne Mayen as Jackie, nièce de Christine
Lise Elina as Radio-Reporter
Marcel Dalio as Robert de la Cheyniest
Julien Carette as Marceau, le braconnier
Roland Toutain as André Jurieux
Gaston Modot as Edouard Schumacher, le garde-chasse
Jean Renoir as Octave

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