The Rules of the Game

"There are about a dozen genuine miracles in the history of cinema, and one of them is Jean Renoir's supreme 1939 tragi-comedy "The Rules of the Game.” - Chicago Tribune

“SIMPLY DAZZLING! The bright glistening new 35mm restoration is A TRIUMPH!”
– The New York Times

"Anyone who cares about movies needs to see it to understand exactly why it stands the test of time." - New York Press

"6 out of 6 Stars! Simply put, you must go!" - Time Out Chicago

NEW 35mm PRINT—The First Struck in 40 years!
Complete Digital Restoration!

Widely regarded as one of the greatest films ever made, Jean Renoir's masterpiece The Rules of the Game is a devastating satire of the pre-WWII French aristocracy. Starring Marcel Dalio as wealthy landowner Marquis Robert de la Chesnaye, it charts the shifting relationships among the guests at a weekend hunting party on his vast estate. The film was trimmed after a disastrous premiere, banned as demoralizing and, later, the negative was destroyed by Allied bombs. Now, thanks to painstaking digital restoration, Rules is at last viewable in a complete 35mm print in all its visual glory. (in French with subtitles)

1939, Jean Renior, France, 110m
featuring Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost

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