Quand Jean devint Renoir (2017)

10.0/10 54 min Documentary

Overview

The fascinating story of a man destined to be only a son of and who sought all his life to become "someone" by getting rid of the overwhelming image of his genius as a father, the painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

Cast

Jean Renoir

Self (archive footage)

Cédric Klapisch

Self - Interviewee

Leslie Caron

Self - Interviewee

Françoise Arnoul

Self - Interviewee

Paolo Barzman

Self - Interviewee

Pascal Mérigeau

Self - Interviewee

Stéphanie Fatout

Narrator (voice)

Jean Gabin

Self (archive footage)

María Félix

Lola de Castro (archive footage)

Janie Marèse

Lucienne Pelletier (archive footage)

Anna Magnani

Camilla (archive footage)

Erich von Stroheim

Captain von Rauffenstein (archive footage)

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