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Directed by Jean Renoir

On purge bébé

52m

Directed by Jean Renoir • 1931 • France
Starring Michel Simon

Based on a comic one-act play by Georges Feydeau, the hour-long ON PURGE BÉBÉ is Jean Renoir’s first sound film. It was made in 1931, the same year as LA CHIENNE.

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