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La Regle De Jeu
A film by Jean Renoir. "Remarkable… a masterpeice" The New York Times. Hailed as one of the greatest films of all time, director Jean Renoir's infamous La Regle Du Jeu (The Rules Of The Game) is a scathing indictment of French society on the eve of WWII.
Heavily censored, and then banned outright, (both by the French and the Nazi's) Renoir's country house comedy of manners utilizes a labyrinthine lot and virtuoso deep focus cinematography to depict amorous intrigue, and tragedy, among a group of French aristorcrats oblivious to a disastrous war.
Like Robert Altman's Gosford Park, which it inspired, La Regle Du Jeu unfolds at a weekend shooting party at the chateau of Robert de la Chesnaye and his wife Christine, where guests include Robert's mistress Genevieve, and Andre, an aviatior who is in love with Christine.
An upstairs downstairs bedroom farce ensues, with lovers and adultereres, master and servants, p,laying out the morally bankrupt rules of the game.
While the original negative was destroyed during the War, this fully restored print finally allows cinema lovers to savour the genius of Jean Renoir's cinematic masterwork.
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La Regle De Jeu
$29.95$8.95 – Digital video disc / Umbrella Entertainme
A film by Jean Renoir. "Remarkable… a masterpeice" The New York Times. Hailed as one of the greatest films of all time, director Jean Renoir's infamous La Regle Du Jeu (The Rules Of The Game) is a scathing indictment of ... Buy or find out more →
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