The family of a Parisian shop-owner spends a day in the country. Read More »
Tag Archives: Jean Renoir
Toni (1935) Jean Renoir, Charles Blavette, Celia Montalván, Jenny Hélia
In the 1920s, the Provence is a magnet for immigrants seeking work in the quarries or in agriculture. Read More »
This Land Is Mine (1943) Jean Renoir, Charles Laughton
Albert Lory is a teacher at a school in German-occupied France. He is a coward, but he is drawn into the actions of the resistance. Read More »
Louis Lumière (1968) Éric Rohmer, Jean Renoir, Henri Langlois
Eric Rohmer leads a conversation with Jean Renoir and Henri Langlois on the art of filmmaker Louis Lumière. Read More »
Madame Bovary (1934) Jean Renoir, Max Dearly, Valentine Tessier, Pierre Renoir
Soon after the death of his first wife (whose dowry was inadequate), Charles Bovary Read More »
Night at the Crossroads / La nuit du carrefour (1932) Jean Renoir, Pierre Renoir, Georges Térof, Winna Winifried
Inspector Maigret investigates the mysterious murder of a Dutch diamond dealer Read More »
La Marseillaise (1938) Jean Renoir, Lise Delamare, Louis Jouvet, Pierre Renoir
A newsreel like movie about early part of the French Revolution Read More »
Picnic on the Grass / Le Dejeuner sur l’herbe (1959) Jean Renoir, Paul Meurisse, Charles Blavette, André Brunot
Etienne Alexis, a candidate for president of the new Europe, is a scientist promoting artificial Read More »
The Human Beast / La bête humaine (1938) Jean Renoir, Jean Gabin, Julien Carette, Simone Simon
Jacques Lantier is a train engineer who is prone to violent seizures Read More »
The Story of Tosca AKA Tosca (1941) Carl Koch, Jean Renoir, Imperio Argentina, Michel Simon, Rossano Brazzi
Non-musical account of Puccini’s opera: Tosca and Cavaradossi are in love Read More »