The Rules Of The Game
Home Vision (1939)
Comedy, Drama, Foreign
In Collection
#365
0*
Seen It:  Yes
715515088619
IMDB   8.1
106 mins France / French
Blu-ray Disc  Region 1, Region A   NR (Not Rated)
Nora Gregor Christine de la Cheyniest
Paulette Dubost Lisette, sa camériste
Mila Parély Geneviève de Marras
Odette Talazac Madame de la Plante
Claire Gérard Madame de la Bruyère
Anne Mayen Jackie, nièce de Christine
Lise Elina Radio-Reporter
Marcel Dalio Robert de la Cheyniest
Julien Carette Marceau, le braconnier
Roland Toutain André Jurieux
Gaston Modot Edouard Schumacher, le garde-chasse
Jean Renoir Octave
Pierre Magnier Le général
Eddy Debray Corneille, le majordome
Pierre Nay Monsieur de St. Aubin
Director
Jean Renoir
Producer Claude Renoir
Writer Jean Renoir
Carl Koch
Cinematography Jacques Lemare
Jean Bachelet


Jean Renoir’s The Rules of the Game is a comedic drama about a Parisian aristocrat. The film was released shortly before the start of World War II.
Edition Details
Edition Special Edition
Release Date 11/15/2011
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Audio Tracks SUB [English]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Discs/Tapes 1

Features
- Introduction to the film by director Jean Renoir. - Audio commentary written by film scholar Alexander Sesonske and read by filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich. - Comparison of the film's two endings. - Selected-scene analysis by Renoir historian Chris Faulkner. - Excerpts from Jean Renoir, le patron: La Règle et l'exception (1966), a French television program by filmmaker Jacques Rivette. - Part one of Jean Renoir, a two-part 1993 BBC documentary by film critic David Thompson. - Video essay about the film's production, release, and 1959 reconstruction. - Interview with film critic Olivier Curchod. - Interview from a 1965 episode of the French television series Les écrans de la ville in which Jean Gaborit and Jacques Durand discuss their reconstruction and rerelease of the film. - Interviews with set designer Max Douy, Renoir's son, Alain; and actress Mila Parély.