Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe (1959)
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Duration: 91 minuten
Alternative title: Picnic on the Grass
Country:
France
Directed by: Jean Renoir
Stars: Paul Meurisse, Fernand Sardou and Catherine Rouvel
IMDb score:
6,5 (1.561)
Releasedate: 11 November 1959
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Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe plot
Coming from a rigid intellectual and sterile environment, Etienne Alexis is a biologist who promotes artificial insemination for better social conditions and as a therapy for eliminating passion. During a picnic with family and supporters of his theories, he is enchanted by a satyr and then falls deeply in love with a peasant daughter for whom he gives up science.
Actors and actresses
Étienne Alexis, célèbre biologiste
Antoinette dite :Nénette
Titine
Nino, le père de Nénette
Ritou
Isabelle, la secrétaire du biologiste
La comtesse Marie-Charlotte
Le berger Gaspard
Mme Odile Poignant
Le curé
Reviews & comments
The One Ring
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I doubt Jean Renoir himself thought he was making a masterpiece when he was making Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe, but who cares if you're having a good time. He shot this film around the house where he grew up with his father, the painter Auguste Renoir, and the film is clearly a paean to that time and to his father's art. The only question then is: why not a story that fits such nostalgia? The plot is not tedious to follow, but not developed enough to make this a truly fantastic film. What stands out, however, is the appearance, which is truly a beautiful tribute to the painting of Auguste Renoir. The lighting in particular is better than you'll find in most movies. Visually this is therefore one of the top, but if Renoir had managed to add a fascinating story to it or had delved more into the depths, it might have been a masterpiece.
3*
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scorsese
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Mediocre film about a biologist who sees artificial fertilization as the solution to human evolution. Apart from a few dialogues, the film did not interest me in terms of content. The humor is sometimes a bit bland and it was all a bit too frivolous for me. The picnic outside in nature almost always produces picturesque pictures.
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mjk87 (moderator films)
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- 14602 messages
- 4555 votes
The story never captivated me and the film is quite long-winded. The film wants to be playful, as Godard sometimes did later, but the director fails to find the right tone. Visually very beautiful with beautiful colors and the highlight halfway with the images of the flowing water in streams. Beautiful! To that extent, sometimes 19th-century paintings to see and thus an ode to Renoir's father, but also other painters from that time (the title refers to one of Manet's best-known works). 2.0*.
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