Jean Renoir Course: Cinema's Great Humanist September 21, 2013

Son of the painter Auguste Renoir, Jean Renoir started making films in 1925 with one of his father's last models as his star. During the 1930s, with masterpieces like Boudu sauve des eaux, Le crime de Monsieur Lange, La Grande Illusion, Le bete humaine and perhaps his finest film, La regle du jeu, he explored a world where 'everyone has his reasons'. During the war he worked profitably in America, and after making the sublime The River on location in India, he returned to France to make, among others, French can-can and Elena et les hommes. Neglected for years, Renoir is now regarded as one of the greatest of all French directors. We will explore his career through screening excerpts and three features in full. Details of this event may be subject to change. Please visit http://cce.sydney.edu.au/course/jrgh for more information or to register. | Training courses from the Centre for Continuing Education (CCE) - The University of Sydney

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