Event Film and Video Screenings The Rules of the Game (1939)
Date and Location
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When: Friday, November 30, 2018
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm EST
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Where: National Audio-Visual Conservation Center - Packard Campus Theater
19053 Mount Pony Road, Culpeper, VA 22701-7551
All Packard Campus screenings are free and seating is on a walk-in basis. Learn more about the Packard Campus Theater
For more information, please call (202) 707-9458. Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov.
Often cited as one of the greatest films ever made, "The Rules of the Game" (La règle du jeu), by Jean Renoir, is a scathing critique of corrupt French society cloaked in a comedy of manners in which a weekend at a Marquis’ country château lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois acquaintances. The film has had a tumultuous history: it was subjected to cuts after the violent response of the premiere audience in 1939, and the original negative was destroyed during World War II; it wasn’t reconstructed until 1959. That version, which has stunned viewers for decades, is presented here. The satirical comedy-drama film features an ensemble cast of Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parély, Marcel Dalio, Julien Carette, Roland Toutain, Gaston Modot, Pierre Magnier and Jean Renoir himself. In French with English subtitles. 35mm film print courtesy of Janus Films, 110 min.