One of cinema's most monumental achievements, Renoir's RULES OF THE GAME passionately tackles the pre-WWII French class system, and succeeds in bringing forth the complexities and frailties underlying bourgeois civility. When aviator Andre Jurieu (Toutain) is met by his friend Octave
(director Renoir) and ecstatic reporters after a record-setting flight, he tells the radio audience that he undertook the adventure for the love of a woman--who failed to greet him at the airport. This woman, Christine (Gregor), is in the meantime preparing for an evening out with her husband,
Robert de la Chesnaye (Dalio), who knows of his wife's affair and doesn't want to lose her. T...
Released:
1939
Rated:
NR
Length:
110 mins