Directed by Jacques Rivette, JEAN RENOIR LE PATRON aired in 1967 as a three-part documentary series profiling Renoir for French television. The following 95-minute episode is the second in the series, and features an after-dinner conversation between Renoir and actor Michel Simon about their work together, moderated by Rivette.
Directed by Jean Renoir • 1931 • France
Starring Michel Simon
Based on a comic one-act play by Georges Feydeau, the hour-long ON PURGE BÉBÉ is Jean Renoir’s first sound film. It was made in 1931, the same year as LA CHIENNE.
