This program is put together from the rushes of the original 1936 shooting, which had been stored for almost sixty years at the French Cinematheque in Paris.
A documentary using almost 200 clips, on the versatile and iconic French movie star who made 95 films between the 1930s and the 1970s and came to embody the idea of their country for native audiences.
Jean Renoir… Une légende du cinéma franais. Il est né en 1894, presque en même temps que le cinéma. Tout au long de sa carrière, il aura réalisé trente-huit films, pour la plupart devenu des classiques – entre autres, La Grande illusion, La Bête humaine, La Règle du jeu ou French Cancan. Magistral directeur d’acteurs, il a fait tourner les plus grands : Michel Simon, Jean Gabi...
In the kingdom of animals, Master Fox is used to trick and fool everyone. So the King, the Lion, receives more and more complaints about him. He orders that Master Fox is arrested and brough to him... One of the first animation film with puppets. The story is taken from a from a French medieval fable.
