The Rules of the Game
1939 · TMDB 7.5 · La Règle du jeu
Directed by Jean Renoir
The Marquis de la Chesnaye and his wife host a weekend gala where a variety of complicated romantic and social entanglements between guests and servants lead to tragedy, all against the backdrop of a looming war.
Why it matters
Jean Renoir's country-house weekend gathers aristocrats, servants and a celebrated aviator for a round of pheasant beating and marital manoeuvring. The shoot is organised with military precision, and the death that closes the party is absorbed as a social inconvenience.
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Released
- 1939-07-08
- Studio
- La Nouvelle Edition Francaise
- Country
- France
- Language
- French
- TMDB score
- 7.5
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