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1939 • 1h 46min • Not Rated • Comedy, Drama, Romance

The Rules of the Game

A weekend at a marquis’ country château lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois acquaintances.

IMDb 7.9

RT 96%

MC 99

Director

Jean Renoir

Writers

Carl Koch

Jean Renoir

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Octave

Marcel Dalio

Robert de la Cheyniest

Nora Gregor

Christine de la Cheyniest

Julien Carette

Marceau, le braconnier

Roland Toutain

André Jurieux

Paulette Dubost

Lisette, sa camériste

Gaston Modot

Edouard Schumacher, le garde-chasse

Mila Parély

Geneviève de Marras

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