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Overview

In 1939 Renoir, a director associated with the left wing Popular Front, turned his gaze away from working people to the haute bourgeoisie, setting his action during a shooting weekend at a country house. It’s an upstairs-downstairs world where servants and masters become enmeshed in a tangle of desire, a jumble of motivations in which, in the film’s famous phrase, “Everyone has their reasons”.

Ranked 13th in the 2022 Sight and Sound Great Films of All Time poll

Director

Jean Renoir

Featuring

Nora Gregor , Paulette Dubost , Mila Parély and Jean Renoir

Genres

Drama

Certificate

Watch La Règle du jeu - BFI Player (1)Contains mild violence and a mild hunting scene

Country

France

Language

French with English subtitles

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