Must See French Film -Rules Of The Game

The Rules of the Game

(original French title: La Règle du jeu) is a 1939 film directed by Jean Renoirabout upper-class French society just before the start of World War II. Renoir's film is in part an adaptation of Alfred de Musset's Les Caprices de Marianne, a popular 19th-century comedy of manners, and is now widely regarded to be Renoir's greatest film, and among the greatest works of cinema ever.

The film is an ensemble farce that turns into a tragedy in the final act.

The film was initially condemned for its satire on the French upper classes and was greeted with derision by a Parisian crowd on its première. The upper class is depicted in this film as capricious and self-indulgent, with little regard for the consequences of their actions. The French government banned it, but after the War it has come to be seen by many film critics and directors as one of the greatest films of all time.