Directed by:
Jean RenoirScreenplay:
Jean RenoirComposer:
Joseph KosmaCast:
Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parély, Odette Talazac, Claire Gérard, Anne Mayen, Lise Elina, Marcel Dalio, Julien Carette, Roland Toutain, Gaston Modot (more)VOD (1)
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In 1939 Jean Renoir, a director associated with the left wing Popular Front, turned his gaze away from working people to the haute bourgeoisie. Taking its cue from the classic stage farces of Musset and Beaumarchais, Renoir sets his action during a shooting weekend at a country house. It’s an upstairs-downstairs world where servants and masters become enmeshed in a tangle of desire, a jumble of motivations in which, in the film’s famous phrase, “Everyone has their reasons”. At the film’s centre is the amiable Octave (played by Renoir), whose best intentions lead to tragedy. (British Film Institute (BFI))
(more)Cast
Nora Gregor
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Paulette Dubost
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Mila Parély
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Claire Gérard
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Pierre Nay
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Richard Francoeur
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Jenny Hélia
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Léon Larive
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Nicolas Amato
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