Renoir

an impeccably crafted, tenderly felt traditional period piece. """"
-Screen Daily
Des décors idylliques et une pallette éclatante, le film ravit les yeux!
-Le Monde
Un film comme une toile de Renoir
-Ouest France

Synopsis

The Côte d’Azur. 1915. In his twilight years, Auguste Renoir is tormented by the loss of his wife, the pains of arthritic old age and the terrible news that his son Jean has been wounded in action. But when a young girl miraculously enters his world, the old painter is filled with a new, wholly unexpected energy. Blazing with life, radiantly beautiful, Andrée will become his last model, and the wellspring of a remarkable rejuvenation. Back at the family home to convalesce, Jean too falls under the spell of the new, redheaded star in the Renoir firmament. In their Mediterranean Eden - and in the face of his father's fierce opposition - he falls in love with this wild, untameable spirit... and as he does so, within weak-willed, battle-shaken Jean, a filmmaker begins to grow.

Theatrical Release Date

Friday, April 12, 2013
Original Languages: French
Genre: Drama, Biography, History, Romance
Running Time: 111 min.
Year: 2012

CREDITS

CAST
Christa Theret
Michel Bouquet
Vincent Rottiers
DIRECTED BY
Gilles Bourdos

TRAILER


PHOTOS

Auguste Renoir (Michel Bouquet) and Jean Renoir (Vincent Rottiers). Courtesy of Mongrel Media
Jean Renoir (Vincent Rottiers) and Andrée Heuschling (Christa Théret). Courtesy of Mongrel Media
Auguste Renoir (Michel Bouquet). Courtesy of Mongrel Media
Andrée Heuschling (Christa Théret) and Jean Renoir (Vincent Rottiers). Courtesy of Mongrel Media
Auguste Renoir (Michel Bouquet). Courtesy of Mongrel Media
Jean Renoir (Vincent Rottiers). Courtesy of Mongrel Media
Auguste Renoir (Michel Bouquet) and Jean Renoir (Vincent Rottiers). Courtesy of Mongrel Media
Andrée Heuschling (Christa Théret) and Auguste Renoir (Michel Bouquel). Courtesy of Mongrel Media
Auguste Renoir (Michel Bouquet), Andrée Heuschling (Christa Théret) and Jean Renoir (Vincent Rottiers). Courtesy of Mongrel Media
Andrée Heuschling (Christa Théret) and Auguste Renoir (Michel Bouquet). Courtesy of Mongrel Media
Jean Renoir (Vincent Rottiers) and Auguste Renoir (Michel Bouquet). Courtesy of Mongrel Media
Andrée Heuschling (Christa Théret). Courtesy of Mongrel Media