The Rules of the Game

Director: Jean Renoir

1939 / 110min / DCP

A weekend retreat at a marquis’ country château sets the stage for romantic intrigues and, eventually, murder, in this exacting autopsy of the French bourgeoisie and their servants—the former elegantly costumed by Chanel founder Gabrielle Chanel—produced under the gathering clouds of coming war. Considered one of the greatest of all films by universal decree, The Rules of the Game is the very apex of the delicate, humane art of Renoir, who also features in the ensemble cast, observing: “The awful thing about life is this: everyone has their reasons.”

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