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Jean Renoir’s ruthless love triangle tale, his second sound film, is a true precursor to his brilliantly bitter The Rules of the Game, displaying all of the filmmaker’s visual genius and fully imbued with his profound humanity. Michel Simon cuts a tragic figure as an unhappily married cashier and amateur painter who becomes so smitten with a prostitute that he refuses to see the obvious: that she and her pimp boyfriend are taking advantage of him. Renoir’s elegant compositions and camera movements carry this twisting narrative—a stinging commentary on class and sexual divisions—to an unforgettably ironic conclusion.
Original Release
11/20/1931
US Release
04/30/1976
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Michel Simon | Maurice Legrand |
Janie Marèse | Lucienne Pelletier dite Lulu / Lucienne 'Lulu' Pelletier (as Janie Marèze) |
Georges Flamant | André Jauguin dit Dédé / Andre 'Dédé' Govain |
Roger Gaillard | L'adjudant Alexis Godard / Alexis Godard |
Romain Bouquet | Henriot - le patron de la bonneterie / Henriot |
Pierre Desty | Gustave Brocheton / Gustave |
Mlle Doryans | Yvonne |
Lucien Mancini | Wallstein |
Jane Pierson | Philomène - la concierge / Concierge |
Christian Argentin | Le juge d'instruction Desrumaux / Examining judge |
Directors
Writers
Georges de La Fouchardière, André Girard, André Mouézy-Éon, Jean Renoir
Cast
Name | Character |
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Michel Simon | Maurice Legrand |
Janie Marèse | Lucienne Pelletier dite Lulu / Lucienne 'Lulu' Pelletier (as Janie Marèze) |
Georges Flamant | André Jauguin dit Dédé / Andre 'Dédé' Govain |
Roger Gaillard | L'adjudant Alexis Godard / Alexis Godard |
Romain Bouquet | Henriot - le patron de la bonneterie / Henriot |
Pierre Desty | Gustave Brocheton / Gustave |
Mlle Doryans | Yvonne |
Lucien Mancini | Wallstein |
Jane Pierson | Philomène - la concierge / Concierge |
Christian Argentin | Le juge d'instruction Desrumaux / Examining judge |
Max Dalban | Bernard - le collègue / Bonnard |
Jean Gehret | Monsieur Dugodet / Dugodet |
Magdeleine Bérubet | Adèle Legrand |
Claude Allain | Petit rôle |
Ghislaine Autant-Lara | Petit rôle |
Colette Borelli | La petite Lily / Lily |
Marcel Courmes | Le colonel / Colonel |
Henri Guisol | Amédée - le garçon de café / Amedée |
Sylvain Itkine | L'avocat de Dédé / Dédé's lawyer |
Alexandre Rignault | Hector Langelard - un critique d'art / Langelard |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jean Renoir | Producer |
Pierre Braunberger | Producer |
Roger Richebé | Producer |