Drama · Comedy · Romance
The Rules of the Game
Avg rating 8.8 / My rating TBC
1939 · Directed by Jean Renoir · With Jean Renoir, Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor
- Poetic Realism
- Art Cinema
- Comedy
An aviator's public declaration of love for a married woman sends ripples through Parisian high society. A marquis invites his friends to a country estate for a weekend of hunting and a masked entertainment, while his servants carry on their own affairs below stairs. A comedy of manners with a sharp eye.
Film info
- Runtime
- 1h 50m · 110 min
- Format
- Black and white, roughly 1.37:1, sound.
- IMDb
- 7.9 / 10 (31,917 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 97% (critics)
- Metacritic
- 99 / 100
- TMDB
- 7.5 / 10 (audience, 684 votes)
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