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    Baby's Laxative 1931 POSTER

    Baby's Laxative

    1931

    French

    6.0

    6

    Action

    Comedy

    shit in your pants

    Jean Renoir Jean Renoir Director Michel Simon Michel Simon as Chouilloux Marguerite Pierry Marguerite Pierry as Julie Follavoine Olga Valéry Olga Valéry as Madame Chouilloux Fernandel Fernandel as Truchet
    A little boy won't go to the bathroom, which leads to all sorts of complications for his parents and their friends.
    Whirlpool of Fate 1925 POSTER

    Whirlpool of Fate

    1925

    French

    6.7

    2

    62%

    62%

    Drama

    Romance

    Jean Renoir Jean Renoir Director Harold Levingston Harold Levingston as Georges Raynal Maurice Touzé Maurice Touzé as La Fuine Charlotte Clasis Charlotte Clasis as Madame Maubien Madame Fockenberghe Madame Fockenberghe as Madame Raynal
    Jean Renoir's directional debut and first silent film stars his wife, Catherine Hessling, as a young girl who manages to turn her tragic family life into one of joy and happiness.
    The Crime of Monsieur Lange 1936 POSTER

    The Crime of Monsieur Lange

    1936

    French

    7.3

    10

    100%

    80%

    Action

    Comedy

    Crime

    Drama

    fake identity

    libertarian movie

    Jean Renoir Jean Renoir Director Sylvia Bataille Sylvia Bataille as Edith Odette Talazac Odette Talazac as The Concierge's Wife Henri Guisol Henri Guisol as The Son Meunier Marcel Lupovici Marcel Lupovici as (uncredited)
    A man and a woman arrive in a cafe-hotel near the Belgian frontier. The customers recognize the man from the police's description: his name is Amedee Lange, and he murdered somebody in Paris. Lange was an employee in a printing works. His boss was a real bastard, swindling every one, seducing female workers... One day he fled to avoid facing his creditors, and the workers set up a cooperative to go on working. What then made Lange a killer?
    Toni 1935 POSTER

    Toni

    1935

    French

    7.2

    5

    100%

    86%

    Action

    Crime

    Drama

    Romance

    Jean Renoir Jean Renoir Director Édouard Delmont Édouard Delmont as Fernand Paul Bozzi Paul Bozzi as Guitar Player Celia Montalván Celia Montalván as Josefa Vincent Florio Vincent Florio as Un enfant de choeur
    In the 1920s, the Provence is a magnet for immigrants seeking work in the quarries or in the agriculture. Many mingle with locals and settle down permanently - like Toni, an Italian who has moved in with Marie, a Frenchwoman. Even a well-ordered existence is not immune from boredom, friendship, love, or enmity, and Toni gets entangled in a web of increasingly passionate relationships. For there is his best pal Fernand, but also Albert, his overbearing foreman; there is Sebastian, a steady Spanish peasant, but also Gabi, his young rogue relative; there is Marie, but there is also Josefa.
    The River 1951 POSTER

    The River

    1951

    English

    7.4

    15

    92%

    78%

    Action

    based on novel or book

    Drama

    hindu

    india

    love

    river

    Romance

    snake charmer

    Jean Renoir Jean Renoir Director Nimai Barik Nimai Barik as Kanu Jane Harris Jane Harris as Muffie Esmond Knight Esmond Knight as The Father Adrienne Corri Adrienne Corri as Valerie
    Director Jean Renoir’s entrancing first color feature—shot entirely on location in India—is a visual tour de force. Based on the novel by Rumer Godden, the film eloquently contrasts the growing pains of three young women with the immutability of the Bengal river around which their daily lives unfold. Enriched by Renoir’s subtle understanding and appreciation for India and its people, The River gracefully explores the fragile connections between transitory emotions and everlasting creation.
    The Golden Coach 1952 POSTER

    The Golden Coach

    1952

    English

    7.0

    10

    100%

    75%

    acting

    Action

    Comedy

    Drama

    History

    Romance

    Jean Renoir Jean Renoir Director Anna Magnani Anna Magnani as Camilla Renato Chiantoni Renato Chiantoni as Capitaine Fracasse Elena Altieri Elena Altieri as Duchesse de Castro Duncan Lamont Duncan Lamont as Ferdinand, Le Viceroy
    A viceroy, a nobleman and a bullfighter court a comedy-troupe actress in 18th-century Peru.
    Elena and Her Men 1956 POSTER

    Elena and Her Men

    1956

    French

    6.2

    4

    71%

    38%

    19th century

    Action

    arranged marriage

    Comedy

    Drama

    general

    gypsy girl

    romance

    Romance

    Jean Renoir Jean Renoir Director Ingrid Bergman Ingrid Bergman as Elena Sokorowska Jean-Claude Brialy Jean-Claude Brialy as Extra Mel Ferrer Mel Ferrer as Le comte Henri de Chevincourt Magali Noël Magali Noël as Lolotte
    Set amid the military maneuvers and Quatorze Juillet carnivals of turn-of-the-century France, Jean Renoir’s delirious romantic comedy Elena and her Men stars a radiant Ingrid Bergman as a beautiful, but impoverished, Polish princess who drives men of all stations to fits of desperate love. When Elena elicits the fascination of a famous general, she finds herself at the center of romantic machinations and political scheming, with the hearts of several men—as well as the future of France—in her hands.
    La Marseillaise 1938 POSTER

    La Marseillaise

    1938

    French

    7.0

    3

    78%

    72%

    18th century

    Action

    Drama

    french revolution

    History

    la marseillaise

    marseille

    Music

    national anthem

    War

    Jean Renoir Jean Renoir Director Robert Rollis Robert Rollis as Édouard Delmont Édouard Delmont as Anatole Roux dit 'Cabri' Jaque Catelain Jaque Catelain as Le capitaine Langlade Louis Jouvet Louis Jouvet as Roederer, le procureur du département
    A film about the early part of the French Revolution, shown from the eyes of the citizens of Marseille, counts in German exile and, of course, the king Louis XVI, each showing their own small problems.
    French Cancan 1955 POSTER

    French Cancan

    1955

    French

    7.3

    9

    100%

    85%

    Action

    cabaret dancer

    Comedy

    dancer

    Drama

    montmartre, paris

    moulin rouge

    musical

    Musical

    nightclub owner

    Romance

    Jean Renoir Jean Renoir Director Valentino Garavani Valentino Garavani as Extra Michel Piccoli Michel Piccoli as Le Capitaine Valorgueil Giani Esposito Giani Esposito as Prince Alexandre Jacques Marin Jacques Marin as Un spectateur
    Nineteenth-century Paris comes vibrantly alive in Jean Renoir’s exhilarating tale of the opening of the world-renowned Moulin Rouge. Jean Gabin plays the wily impresario Danglard, who makes the cancan all the rage while juggling the love of two beautiful women—an Egyptian belly-dancer and a naive working girl turned cancan star.
    The Lower Depths 1936 POSTER

    The Lower Depths

    1936

    French

    7.5

    4

    Crime

    Drama

    naturalism

    realism

    Romance

    slum

    slum dwellers

    Jean Renoir Jean Renoir Director Maurice Baquet Maurice Baquet as Alochka - le fou accordéoniste Vladimir Sokoloff Vladimir Sokoloff as Kostylev Junie Astor Junie Astor as Natacha Jean Gabin Jean Gabin as Pepel Wasska
    Inhabitants of a flophouse struggle to survive under the harsh treatment imposed by the landlord, Kostyleva. One resident, young thief Wasska Pepel, ends his affair with the landlord's wife, Vassilissa, and takes up with her sister, Natacha. Pepel also befriends the baron, a former nobleman fallen on hard times, but Pepel's attempts at happiness are complicated when he's accused of murder by a spiteful Vassilissa.
    The Little Match Girl 1928 POSTER

    The Little Match Girl

    1928

    French

    7.1

    1

    69%

    69%

    black and white

    Drama

    Fantasy

    short

    short film

    Jean Renoir Jean Renoir Director Eric Barclay Eric Barclay as Manuel Raaby Manuel Raaby as Jean Storm Jean Storm as Axel Ott / soldat en bois Catherine Hessling Catherine Hessling as Karen
    An impoverished girl tries to sell matches on NYE. Shivering with cold and unable to sell her wares, she sits in a sheltered nook. Striking a match to keep warm, she sees things in the flame.
    The Elusive Corporal 1962 POSTER

    The Elusive Corporal

    1962

    French

    7.0

    2

    89%

    86%

    Action

    Comedy

    Drama

    War

    Jean Renoir Jean Renoir Director Jean Carmet Jean Carmet as Guillaume Jean-Pierre Cassel Jean-Pierre Cassel as Le caporal / The Corporal Guy Bedos Guy Bedos as Le prisonnier qui bégaye Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler as Self
    The story serves as a companion piece to Renoir's 1937 film, Grand Illusion, once more bringing together men from across the broad social spectrum of French society to depict one man's Sisyphean efforts to escape captivity in a German POW camp.
    Picnic on the Grass 1959 POSTER

    Picnic on the Grass

    1959

    French

    6.5

    13

    Action

    Comedy

    Romance

    Jean Renoir Jean Renoir Director Catherine Rouvel Catherine Rouvel as Nénette Jean Claudio Jean Claudio as Rousseau Jacqueline Morane Jacqueline Morane as Titine Thierry Roland Thierry Roland as TV announcer
    Etienne Alexis, a candidate for president of the new Europe, is a scientist promoting artificial insemination for social betterment and therapy to eliminate passion. To celebrate his engagement to a cousin, he hosts an aseptic picnic, where mother nature asserts herself. A shepherd's flute conjures a windstorm that throws Alexis together with the luscious Nénette, a farm lass who wants to have a baby but is unimpressed with men.
    Life Is Ours 1936 POSTER

    Life Is Ours

    1936

    French

    5.9

    3

    Action

    Drama

    History

    Jean Renoir Jean Renoir Director Jean Renoir Jean Renoir as Le patron du bistrot Jean Dasté Jean Dasté as L'instituteur / Teacher Roger Blin Roger Blin as Un métallo Vladimir Sokoloff Vladimir Sokoloff as Un vieillard dans le cortège final
    A propaganda film of the communist party of France, showing how the comrades help the proletariat against the capitalists.
    Boudu Saved from Drowning 1932 POSTER

    Boudu Saved from Drowning

    1932

    French

    7.2

    7

    100%

    81%

    Action

    bourgeoisie

    Comedy

    mistress

    paris, france

    seine

    suicide attempt

    tramp

    Jean Renoir Jean Renoir Director Geneviève Cadix Geneviève Cadix as Sévérine Lerczinska Sévérine Lerczinska as Chloë Anne Marie, la bonne Michel Simon Michel Simon as Priape Boudu Jean Gehret Jean Gehret as Vigour
    Michel Simon gives one of the most memorable performances in screen history as Boudu, a Parisian tramp who takes a suicidal plunge into the Seine and is rescued by a well-to-do bookseller, Edouard Lestingois. The Lestingois family decides to take in the irrepressible bum, and he shows his gratitude by shaking the household to its foundations. With Boudu Saved from Drowning, legendary director Jean Renoir takes advantage of a host of Parisian locations and the anarchic charms of his lead actor to create an effervescent satire of the bourgeoisie.
    Experiment in Evil 1959 POSTER

    Experiment in Evil

    1959

    French

    6.5

    5

    100%

    48%

    Action

    double life

    Drama

    Horror

    jekyll and hyde

    Sci-Fi

    Jean Renoir Jean Renoir Director Jacqueline Morane Jacqueline Morane as Alberte Bernard Fresson Bernard Fresson as Extra Jean-Louis Barrault Jean-Louis Barrault as Le docteur Cordelier / Opale Catherine Rouvel Catherine Rouvel as (scenes deleted)
    Dr. Cordelier, living in a suburb of Paris, withdraws from society to pursue research into the functioning of the human brain. His lifelong friend, Maître Joly, becomes concerned when Cordelier draws up a will that bequeaths his entire estate to a stranger, Monsieur Opale; he cannot understand why Cordelier defends him, considering Opale attacks women and children. After a colleague is killed, Joly confronts Cordelier and discovers the truth behind his friend's behavior.
    The Woman on the Beach 1947 POSTER

    The Woman on the Beach

    1947

    English

    6.4

    2

    48%

    48%

    coast guard

    Crime

    Drama

    Film-Noir

    love triangle

    mine

    post traumatic stress disorder

    post-traumatic stress disorder

    post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)

    Romance

    Jean Renoir Jean Renoir Director Harry Harvey Harry Harvey as Dr. Smith Martha Hyer Martha Hyer as Mrs. Barton John Elliott John Elliott as Old Workman Joan Bennett Joan Bennett as Peggy
    A sailor suffering from post-traumatic stress becomes involved with a beautiful and enigmatic seductress married to a blind painter.
    The Diary of a Chambermaid 1946 POSTER

    The Diary of a Chambermaid

    1946

    English

    6.5

    5

    Drama

    Romance

    Jean Renoir Jean Renoir Director Reginald Owen Reginald Owen as Captain Lanlaire Paulette Goddard Paulette Goddard as Célestine Hurd Hatfield Hurd Hatfield as Georges Lanlaire Francis Lederer Francis Lederer as Joseph
    Celestine, the chamber-maid, has a new job in the country, at the Lanlaires. She has decided to use her beauty to seduce a wealthy man, but Mr. Lanlaire is not a right choice: the house is firmly controlled by Madame Lanlaire, helped by the strange valet Joseph. Then she tries the neighbour, former officer Mauger. This seems to work. But soon the son of the Lanlaires comes back. He is young, attractive and does not share his mother's antirepublican opinions. So Celestine's beauty attracts Captain Mauger, young Georges Lanlaire, and Joseph. Three men, from three different social classes, with three different conceptions of life. Will Celestine be able to convince Georges of her sincerity?
    The Bitch 1931 POSTER

    The Bitch

    1931

    French

    7.5

    12

    100%

    87%

    Action

    based on novel or book

    black and white

    Crime

    Drama

    Romance

    unrequited love

    Jean Renoir Jean Renoir Director Henri Guisol Henri Guisol as Amédée - le garçon de café Georges Flamant Georges Flamant as André Jauguin dit Dédé Sylvain Itkine Sylvain Itkine as L'avocat de Dédé Michel Simon Michel Simon as Maurice Legrand
    Cashier Maurice Legrand is married to Adele, a terror. By chance, he meets Lucienne, "Lulu", and make her his mistress. He thinks he finally met love, but Lulu is nothing but a streetwalker, in love with Dede, her pimp. She only accepts Legrand to satisfy Dede's needs of money.
    La grande illusion 1937 POSTER

    La grande illusion

    1937

    French

    8.1

    21

    Action

    countryside

    Drama

    escape

    france

    germany

    prisoner

    War

    world war i

    Jean Renoir Jean Renoir Director Erich von Stroheim Erich von Stroheim as Le captaine von Rauffenstein Habib Benglia Habib Benglia as Le sénégalais Georges Fronval Georges Fronval as Le soldat allemand qui tue le capitaine de Boeldieu George Forster George Forster as Maison-Neuve
    A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World War I German prison camp. When the men are transferred to a high-security fortress, they must concoct a plan to escape beneath the watchful eye of aristocratic German officer von Rauffenstein, who has formed an unexpected bond with de Boeldieu.
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