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Jean Renoir le patron

La chienne • 1h 35m

Directed by Jacques Rivette, JEAN RENOIR LE PATRON aired in 1967 as a three-part documentary series profiling Renoir for French television. The following 95-minute episode is the second in the series, and features an after-dinner conversation between Renoir and actor Michel Simon about their work together, moderated by Rivette.

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