Fresh
With its warm colors and sweet streams of light, its love of both the countryside and the human form, it makes you dream of painting. Or making movies. Or just luxuriating in the brilliance.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Overview
In the French Riviera in the summer of 1915, Jean Renoir, son of the Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste, returns home to convalesce after being wounded in World War I. At his side is Andrée, a young woman who rejuvenates, enchants, and inspires both father and son.
Director and cast
- Gilles Bourdos Director
- Michel Bouquet as Auguste Renoir
- Christa Théret as Andrée Heuschling
- Vincent Rottiers as Jean Renoir
- Thomas Doret as Coco Renoir
- Romane Bohringer as Gabrielle
- Carlo Brandt as Dr. Prat
- Solène Rigot as Madeleine
- Anne-Lise Heimburger as La boulangère
- Hélène Babu as Odette
- Stuart Seide as Dr. Barnes
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
70%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Thanks to ace Taiwanese cameraman Mark Ping Bing Lee, it conveys the inspirational qualities of sun-dappled light and rosy flesh.
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
Fresh
"Renoir" doesn't get much beneath the surface - but, good God, what a surface.
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Fresh
For those who just want to float away on waves of beauty, "Renoir" is a boating party.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Rotten
Stately to a fault, the film is not enough drama, too much still life.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
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