Actors: Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Jean Renoir, Marcel Dalio, Julien Carette, Roland Toutain, Gaston Modot
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Rules of the Game
THE RULES OF THE GAME (La Règle du Jeu) is a movie written and directed by Jean Renoir in 1938.
Christine and Robert de la Cheyniest have invited their friends to their superb country home for a week-end of hunting and pleasure. André Jurieux, who's France's hero of the day for having crossed the Atlantic without a single stop in his plane, is the guest of honor of the week-end. Jurieux is madly in love with Christine and has planned to convince her to leave her husband Robert.
Robert's mistress, Geneviève, is also one of the guests of the De La Cheyniest. This peculiar situation doesn't shock anybody at all and even the servants begin to imitate the frivolity of their masters. But, while cheating is only a game for the high society, it turns quickly into tragedy when more uncultivated people are concerned.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Analysis of The Rules of the Game
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- seduction (yum!)
- inconveniently married while playing footsy
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- homemaker/wife
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- emotionally unstable
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- General European
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- servant
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) muscular
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
Forest?
Yes
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- spiritual
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
Check here if B&W
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- None
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
