La Regola Del Gioco - Jean Renoir -
By February 1939, it no longer seemed evident that the surrender of Czechoslovakia to Adolf Hitler at Munich had “saved the peace. The Criterion Collection
Jean Renoir's 1939 masterpiece, La Règle du Jeu (The Rules of the Game), offers a scathing, satirical critique of a decadent French upper class on the brink of World War II. Following a disastrous, riot-prone premiere and a wartime ban, the film was restored in the 1950s and is now celebrated for its pioneering deep-focus cinematography and complex portrayal of moral hypocrisy. Read the full analysis at Criterion . The Rules of the Game: Everyone Has Their Reasons | Current La regola del gioco - Jean Renoir