A classic in the history of film, an absurd farce of high society, a pessimistic world of Renoir.
By depicting a series of sensual, intriguing, absurd and decadent lives of the upper class society, the film satirizes the decadence of the French upper class aristocracy before the advent of World War II.
This group of brightly dressed nobles are addicted to their games, lie to each other, love each other, and change their faces in an instant. They use lies to maintain the bond between them. , intrigue behind his back, disgusting.
The gunshots at the end of the film seem to break the peace between them, but then the pilot's death is described as an innocent misfortune, and people once again use lies to cover up the real truth and continue their rotten lives.
Renoir uses a lot of moving and long shots in the film to depict the ugly faces and bloody cruelties of the nobles during the hunt, to depict the hypocrisy of each other during the banquet, and to reveal the intricate relationships between the characters through the long-shot scene scheduling. relation.
For example, in a chase scene between so-called rivals, long shots and moving shots were used to depict the false friendship between nobles.
The whole film is filled with a kind of pessimism. Renoir uses his lens to tell the decadent life of the upper class before the war, showing a strong sense of despair. The helplessness in their sweet dreams.
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