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The Rules of the Game

Movie · 1939 · 110 min

A glittering, crowded country-house weekend where flirtation and farce slowly curdle into something mournful and fatal.

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1939 film by Jean Renoir
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Year
1939
Runtime
110 min
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • love
  • betrayal
  • deception
  • morality
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour5
Realism8
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity8
Emotional weight7

Details

Genres
drama, romance, art
Directed by
Jean Renoir
Written by
Jean Renoir, Carl Koch
Starring
Jean Renoir, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paulette Dubost, Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, Gaston Modot, Julien Carette, Mila Parély
Music
Joseph Kosma, Roger Désormière
Cinematography
Jean Bachelet
Runtime
110 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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