Jean Renoir Movies

Three vignettes and a musical interlude showcase acclaimed auteur Jean Renoir's eclectic range at the end of his career: the relationship between an...

Orphan Virginia is left destitute following her father's death and her uncle's alcoholism; she finds refuge with bohemians but is forced to flee,...

This is 1929: the little red riding hood is still with us and her life is more complicated than ever. She still has to go through the forest and she...

A example of Jean Renoir's talents as a director as he works Gisèle Braunberger into the right frame of mind.

Three-part interview with French film director Jean Renoir, conducted by French New Wave director Jacques Rivette.

In 19th-century France, doctor's wife Emma Bovary seeks to escape her dull provincial life through various extramarital affairs and extravagant...

On January 31, 1857, the French writer Gustave Flaubert (1821-80) took his place in the dock for contempt of public morality and religion. The...

A propaganda film of the communist party of France, showing how the comrades help the proletariat against the capitalists.

In the 1920s, the Provence is a magnet for immigrants seeking work in the quarries or in the agriculture. Many mingle with locals and settle down for...

The tale of a rich, flaky poet and his servant who both join the army and wind up in the same barracks.

François Chotard, wholesale grocer, gives his daughter in marriage to Julien Collinet, a writer who prefers dreaming to working, a situation...

Non-musical account of Puccini's opera: Tosca and Cavaradossi are in love, but the tyrant Scarpia desires Tosca and oppresses Cavaradossi who is...

Part one of a BBC documentary about Jean Renoir.

With family connections to some famous French artists, writers, and musicians of the time, Sacha Guitry decided to film the individuals in action, to...

Edited from 4½ hours of unused material left over from the shooting of Jean Renoir's 1936 PARTIE DE CAMPAGNE (A Day in the Country) and...

Jean Renoir talks about the making of La Petite Marchande d'allumettes.

Second in the documentary trilogy from mastermind Jacques Rivette, featuring a conversation between Jean Renoir and Michel Simon, who celebrate their...

Rival knights compete for the hand of a beautiful maiden in this period feature from Jean Renoir.

Célestin, the organist of a convent, has written and composed a light operetta under the name of Floridor. One day, the Mother Superior asks...