The Rules of the Game

This is not a weekend so much as a hothouse where everyone’s manners are sharper than their morals. A marquis hosts a country house party where flirtations ricochet between guests and staff until envy turns lethal. The film gets closer to the chaos than the tragedy.

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Jean Renoir directed The Rules of the Game in 1939. See Jean Renoir's full filmography, where to start with Jean Renoir, or where to go after you've seen everything by Jean Renoir.

The Rules of the Game was released in 1939 (FR original-language production), with a runtime of 110 minutes.