Renoir (2012)

Directed by

Gilles Bourdos

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 51m

Rated

R

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 142 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An elderly painter faces his final years in the south of France during World War I. A young woman arrives to model for him and becomes entwined with his family.

slow-burnmeditativevisually lushbittersweettenderreflectivewistfulsensualatmospheric

What happens

Renoir is a 2012 French drama film based on the last years of Pierre-Auguste Renoir at Cagnes-sur-Mer during World War I. The film was directed by Gilles Bourdos and competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. The film is set in the south of France during World War I and stars Michel Bouquet, Christa Theret, Thomas Doret and Vincent Rottiers. Renoir achieved critical and commercial success both in France and abroad, most notably in the United States where it is on the Critic's Pick list of The New York Times. The film was selected as the French entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. In January 2014, the film received four nominations at the 39th César Awards, winning for Best Costume Design. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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