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Synopsis
Jean Renoir (15 September 1894 – 12 February 1979) was a French filmmaker and writer. He started out in French silent cinema before he established himself in the 1930s as one of the major exponents of poetic realism. During World War II he moved to the United States, where he made a few American films before he returned to European cinema in the 1950s.
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France · European Art Cinema
Rémi Fournier Lanzoni, French Cinema: from its Beginnings to the Present , New York & London, Continuum
Rémi Fournier Lanzoni, French Cinema: from its Beginnings to the Present , New York & London, Continuum
John Gibbs, Mise-en-scène: Film Style and Interpretation , London and New York, Wallflower Press
John Gibbs, Mise-en-scène: Film Style and Interpretation , London and New York, Wallflower Press
James Leahy, “All in the Script? So Why Make the Movie?”, Vertigo , Vol.2, No.2
James Leahy, “All in the Script? So Why Make the Movie?”, Vertigo , Vol.2, No.2
Films with Similar Themes
silent cinema · French cinema · early 20th century France · dramatic narrative · character study
