Paulette Dubost

1968. Emile 'Milou' Vieuzac lives with his mother in the middle-class family home in Gers. She dies abruptly of an heart attack which leads to the family gathering. While the student riot takes place in Paris, the family is arguing about the heritage.

In occupied Paris, a Jewish theater owner goes into hiding in his cellar, ceding control of the theater to his gentile wife.

When she is reduced to appearing in a circus, a notorious beauty thinks back on her past loves.

Considered one of the greatest films ever made, THE RULES OF THE GAME (LA RÈGLE DU JEU), by Jean Renoir, is a scathing critique of corrupt French society cloaked in a comedy of manners in which a weekend at a marquis’ country château lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois acquaintances. The film has had a tumultuous history: it was subjected to cuts after the violent response of the premiere audience in 1939, and the original negative was destroyed during World War II; it wasn’t reconstructed until 1959. That version, which has stunned viewers for decades, is presented here.

Inspector Maigret tries to trap a killer and discovers why a happily married, wealthy, and talented man should want to bump off women at night. Jean Gabin is perfect as Georges Simenon's secure and steady sleuth, and old-hand Jean Delannoy expertly keeps up the pace and suspense in this enjoyable whodunnit.