By Unknown Wednesday, September 26, 2012 '1920s 1926 French cinema Jean Renoir silent film Nana Jean Renoir's second silent feature, Nana, is a tragic, melodramatic satire based on an Emile Zola novel about a failed actress who beco...
By Unknown Wednesday, May 23, 2012 '1920s 1925 French cinema Jean Renoir silent film La fille de l'eau La fille de l'eau was Jean Renoir's first feature, the melodramatic story of young Gudule (Renoir's then-wife Catherine Hessling...
By Unknown Monday, April 2, 2012 '1930s 1931 French cinema Jean Renoir La Chienne Bleak, tragic, affecting, and at times surprisingly humorous, Jean Renoir's La Chienne is the melancholy tale of a poor schlub who gets ...