The Rules of the Game
A glittering, crowded country-house weekend where flirtation and farce slowly curdle into something mournful and fatal.
- About
- 1939 film by Jean Renoir
- Class
- Movie
- Year
- 1939
- Runtime
- 110 min
A glittering, crowded country-house weekend where flirtation and farce slowly curdle into something mournful and fatal.
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| Scale | Value | 0 to 10 |
|---|---|---|
| Action | 2 | |
| Horror | 1 | |
| Humour | 5 | |
| Realism | 8 | |
| Romance | 6 | |
| Tension | 5 | |
| Darkness | 6 | |
| Complexity | 8 | |
| Emotional weight | 7 |
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