Fresh
One of Renoir's most completely delightful movies.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
The Crime of Monsieur Lange
1936 · 1h 20m · Not Rated
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Directed by
Jean Renoir
Overview
Mild-mannered novelist of Western fiction, Amédée Lange, and his colleagues take over a publishing house after their exploitative boss disappears, only for the superior to return and try to reclaim the profits from their successful cooperative.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
100%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It spins a loose and nondescript story, which ranges uncertainly between romantic comedy and solemn melodrama, about a publishing enterprise in which an author of cheap French Western fiction is the pivotal element.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Fresh
Jacques Prevert's screenplay has wit and economy, but it is the multiplicity of points of view implied in Renoir's fluid direction that lifts the film from propaganda to art.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
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