Renoir (film)

Renoir
Renoir
	Film poster
Directed by	Gilles Bourdos
Screenplay by	Jérome Tonnerre; Michel Spinosa; Gilles Bourdos
Based on	Le Tableau amoureux; by Jacques Renoir
Produced by	Olivier Delbosc; Marc Missonnier
Starring	Michel Bouquet; Christa Théret; Vincent Rottiers; Thomas Doret
Cinematography	Mark Lee Ping Bin
Edited by	Yannick Kergoat
Music by	Alexandre Desplat
Distributed by	Mars Distribution
Release dates	25 May 2012 (Cannes); 2 January 2013 (France);
Running time	111 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	$6 million
Box office	$6.7 million

Renoir is a 2012 French drama film based on the last years of Pierre-Auguste Renoir at Cagnes-sur-Mer during World War I.^[3] The film was directed by Gilles Bourdos and competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.^[4]^[5] The film is set in the south of France during World War I and stars Michel Bouquet, Christa Theret, Thomas Doret and Vincent Rottiers.^[6]

Renoir achieved critical and commercial success both in France and abroad, most notably in the United States where it is on the Critic's Pick list of The New York Times.^[7] The film was selected as the French entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards,^[8]^[9]^[10] but was not nominated. In January 2014, the film received four nominations at the 39th César Awards,^[11] winning for Best Costume Design.^[12]

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