The Rules of the Game DVD

A comedic contrast between the affairs of the French aristocracy and the working class at a weekend house party.

Cloaked in a comedy of manners, this scathing critique of corrupt French society is about a weekend hunting party at which amorous escapades abound among the aristocratic guests, which are also mirrored by the activities of the servants downstairs.

A comedic contrast between the affairs of the French aristocracy and the working class at a weekend house party.

Widely regarded as one of the greatest films ever made, Jean Renoir`s masterpiece THE RULES OF THE GAMEis a scathing critique of corrupt French society cloaked in a comedy of manners. At a weekend hunting party, amorous escapades abound among the aristocratic guests and are mirrored by the activities of the servants downstairs. The refusal of one of the guests to play by society`s rules sets off a chain of events that ends in tragedy. Poorly received upon its release in 1939, the film was severely