The Rules of the Game
December 23 - 29, 2022
Jean Renoir's satirical classic unfolds amongst bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II, as the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau. New 4k restoration.
Considered one of the greatest films ever made, The Rules of the Game 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. That version, which has stunned viewers for decades, is presented here in a gorgeous new 4K restoration.
- Original Language Title: La règle du jeu
- Director: Jean Renoir
- Principal Cast: Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parély, Odette Talazac, Marcel Dalio
- Country: France
- Year: 1939
- Running Time: 106 min.
- Screenplay: Jean Renoir
- Cinematographers: Jean Bachelet
- Editors: Marthe Huguet, Marguerite Renoir
- Filmography: The Grand Illusion, A Day in the Country
- Language: French
- Has Subtitles: Yes
- US Distributor: Janus Films