La Règle du jeu
A film by Jean Renoir

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 and unpatriotic, La Règle du jeu was a commercial disaster at the time of its original release. On the surface, a series of interlinked romantic intrigues taking place at a weekend shooting party in a country chateau, the film is in fact a study of corruption and decay within French society on the eve of the outbreak of World War II. Its reputation firmly restored; Renoir's brilliant comedy is now widely recognized as one of the greatest films ever made.

'It remains the single most overwhelming experience I have ever had in the cinema.' --Alain Resnais