La Règle du jeu premiered in Paris in July 1939. Renoir had faced unprecedented problems on the shoot. He lacked a star of Jean Gabin’s pulling power (Gabin had played Lieutenant Maréchal in ...

David Thomson's Top Ten Films: 'La Rÿgle du Jeu' Real light, real places and the dangers of falling in love. Sunday 02 June 2002 00:00 BST. Comments. Your support helps us to tell the story.

Renoir's 'La Règle du jeu’ has been feted for 60 years, but its greatness is still a mysterious matter Hostile: Jean Renoir (left) as Octave with Roland Toutain as André and Nora Gregor as ...