The Rules of the Game
A bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II, as the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau. On the brink of WWII, the record-breaking aviator, André Jurieux, safely land…
The Rules of the Game
A bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II, as the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau. On the brink of WWII, the record-breaking aviator, André Jurieux, safely lands at a small airport crammed with reporters, only to come face-to-face with his worst fear: the object of his desire, Christine, a blonde noblewoman and wife of the affluent Marquis de la Cheyniest, Robert, is not there to greet him. Intent on winning her back, André accepts his friend Octave's invitation for a lavish hunting weekend at the aristocrat's palatial country estate at La Coliniere, among hand-picked guests and the mansion's servants. However, intrigue, rivalries, and human weaknesses threaten to expose royalty and paupers alike. Who will breach first the unwritten rules of the game? —Nick Riganas On the eve of WWII, le Marquis de la Cheyniest, Robert, and his Viennese wife, Christine, Parisians of upper crust society, are hosting a week long gathering at their French country estate, La Colinière. Games (at various levels of the term) of the sexual and/or romantic variety ensue with the collection at the estate, who include the following. Famed aviator André Jurieux, who has had a liaison with Christine, publicly dedicates all his professional achievements to her, they which mean nothing to him without her. Cherubic Octave, who introduced Christine and André to each other, is also openly in love with her, but defers his feelings in light of André's obsession with her. Christine's niece Jackie, a post-graduate student in pre-Columbian art, also has feelings for André, but knows she would always be second best to her aunt in his eyes. Geneviève de Marras has been invited to mark the end of her affair with Robert. Robert and Christine are devoted to each other in their own way, which incorporates their individual (misguided) views of love and propriety. Accompanying Christine from Paris is her devoted personal maid, married Lisette, who, while in Paris, cavorts with a variety of men in the absence of her husband. This week however may be difficult for her in being reunited with her jealous husband, Edouard Schumacher, the gameskeeper at La Colinière, and not keeping to that cavorting. The man who has his eyes on her and whose pursuit she does not dissuade is Marceau, a neighboring poacher who Robert has hired as a domestic, both to stop his poaching while the guests go hunting on the grounds, and to entertain his fascination to have a job that includes a uniform. —Huggo Aviator André Jurieux has just completed a record-setting flight, but when he is greeted by an admiring crowd, all he can say to them is how miserable he is that the woman he loves did not come to meet him. He is in love with Christine, the wife of aristocrat Robert de la Cheyniest. Robert himself is involved in an affair with Geneviève de Marras, but he is trying to break it off. Meanwhile, André seeks help from his old friend Octave, who gets André an invitation to the country home where Robert and Christine are hosting a large hunting party. As the guests arrive for the party, their cordial greetings hide their real feelings, along with their secrets - and even some of the servants are involved in tangled relationships. —Snow Leopard
The Rules of the Game
Comedy,Drama
Film Details
A bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II, as the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau. On the brink of WWII, the record-breaking aviator, André Jurieux, safely lands at a small airport crammed with reporters, only to come face-to-face with his worst fear: the object of his desire, Christine, a blonde noblewoman and wife of the affluent Marquis de la Cheyniest, Robert, is not there to greet him. Intent on winning her back, André accepts his friend Octave's invitation for a lavish hunting weekend at the aristocrat's palatial country estate at La Coliniere, among hand-picked guests and the mansion's servants.
However, intrigue, rivalries, and human weaknesses threaten to expose royalty and paupers alike. Who will breach first the unwritten rules of the game? —Nick Riganas On the eve of WWII, le Marquis de la Cheyniest, Robert, and his Viennese wife, Christine, Parisians of upper crust society, are hosting a week long gathering at their French country estate, La Colinière. Games (at various levels of the term) of the sexual and/or romantic variety ensue with the collection at the estate, who include the following.
Famed aviator André Jurieux, who has had a liaison with Christine, publicly dedicates all his professional achievements to her, they which mean nothing to him without her. Cherubic Octave, who introduced Christine and André to each other, is also openly in love with her, but defers his feelings in light of André's obsession with her. Christine's niece Jackie, a post-graduate student in pre-Columbian art, also has feelings for André, but knows she would always be second best to her aunt in his eyes.
Geneviève de Marras has been invited to mark the end of her affair with Robert. Robert and Christine are devoted to each other in their own way, which incorporates their individual (misguided) views of love and propriety. Accompanying Christine from Paris is her devoted personal maid, married Lisette, who, while in Paris, cavorts with a variety of men in the absence of her husband.
This week however may be difficult for her in being reunited with her jealous husband, Edouard Schumacher, the gameskeeper at La Colinière, and not keeping to that cavorting. The man who has his eyes on her and whose pursuit she does not dissuade is Marceau, a neighboring poacher who Robert has hired as a domestic, both to stop his poaching while the guests go hunting on the grounds, and to entertain his fascination to have a job that includes a uniform. —Huggo Aviator André Jurieux has just completed a record-setting flight, but when he is greeted by an admiring crowd, all he can say to them is how miserable he is that the woman he loves did not come to meet him.
He is in love with Christine, the wife of aristocrat Robert de la Cheyniest. Robert himself is involved in an affair with Geneviève de Marras, but he is trying to break it off. Meanwhile, André seeks help from his old friend Octave, who gets André an invitation to the country home where Robert and Christine are hosting a large hunting party.
As the guests arrive for the party, their cordial greetings hide their real feelings, along with their secrets - and even some of the servants are involved in tangled relationships. —Snow Leopard.