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Reappraising Renoir’s ‘Rules of the Game’

Long considered one of the classics of cinema, the 1939 release at one time was anything but highly esteemed, being banned by the French government and the Nazis. Its very survival was even in doubt.

Nora Gregor, Jean Renoir, Pierre Nay, and Pierre Magnier in ‘The Rules of the Game.’
Nora Gregor, Jean Renoir, Pierre Nay, and Pierre Magnier in ‘The Rules of the Game.’ Via the Criterion Collection