Picnic on the Grass
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Picnic on the Grass | |
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Directed by | Jean Renoir |
Produced by | Ginette Courtois-Doynel |
Written by | Jean Renoir |
Starring | Paul Meurisse Catherine Rouvel Fernand Ledoux |
Music by | Joseph Kosma |
Release dates
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11 November 1959 |
Running time
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91 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe is a 1959 film directed by Jean Renoir. It was distributed in the USA as Picnic on the Grass; it is known in the UK by its original title or in translation as Lunch on the Grass.[1] It shares its title with the painting by Édouard Manet.
Reception[edit]
The film was named to year-end top ten lists by Andrew Sarris[1], Jean-Luc Godard[2], Jacques Rivette[3], and François Truffaut[4].
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Monthly Film Bulletin, no.316 (May 1960), p.63.
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