The Rules Of The Game (La Regle Du Jeu)
(1939)

Denigrated by the public, vilified by the critics, re-cut at the insistence of its producers, and finally banned by the French government as 'demoralising', La Regle de Jeu was an utter disaster at the time of its original release. Now hailed as one of Renoir's greatest masterpieces it frequently...  More

Les Enfants Du Paradis (Children Of Paradise)
(1945) [PG]

Poetic realism reaches sublime heights in this ineffably witty tale of a woman loved by four different men. Deftly entwining theater, literature, music and design, director Marcel Carne and screenwriter Jacques Prevert resurrect the tumultuous world of 19th-century Paris, teeming with hucksters...  More