If you loved Boudu Saved from Drowning, try The Crime of Monsieur Lange

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Jean Renoir, and they sit in Comedy territory. If that's the register that drew you to Boudu Saved from Drowning, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What The Crime of Monsieur Lange is

Renoir does not appear to have set out to make a crime film, but here we are. The workers at a publishing house form a cooperative when their horrible boss skips town. Unfortunately, the man returns, looking for his cut. It did at least give us a glimpse of pre-war France.

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