245 Ratings

Renoir

France, 2012

Biography, Drama

Synopsis

In his twilight years, a disappointed Auguste Renoir is filled with a new, wholly unexpected energy when a young girl miraculously enters his world. Back at the family home, Jean too falls under the spell of the new, redheaded star in the Renoir firmament.

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Renoir Directed by Gilles Bourdos

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Awards & Festivals

Cannes Film Festival

2012

César Awards

2014 | Winner: Best Costume Design

2014 | 3 nominations including: Best Actor

Lumiere Awards

2014 | 4 nominations including: Best Film

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Cast & Crew

Critics reviews

Renoir’s set piece shows the artist working on a canvas, with Mark Ping Bing Lee’s camera gliding to models in soft focus, a kind of live-action impressionism and a new take on the familiar Bathers. Wisely, director Gilles Bourdos keeps the pace slow, what with all the tensions beneath the surface: Oedipal conflict, career choices, even class struggle.

Marsha McCreadie

March 27, 2013

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Cowriter-director Gilles Bourdos unfortunately reduces these titanic historical figures to fit this soporific biopic’s cardboard melodramatics. Father and son glibly debate politics and art, Andrée throws several scenery-chewing temper tantrums, and a number of hindsight-20/20 exchanges (Jean is condescendingly told, “Cinema isn’t for the French”) pander to viewers who’d rather snootily giggle at the past than grapple with it.

Keith Uhlich

March 25, 2013

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What are people saying?

OFF_FRAME's rating of the film Renoir
OFF_FRAME

The only thing this film has going for it is it's beautiful cinematography. The script crawls at a snails pace and the characters are completely one-dimensional. It reaches the logical conclusion at the end that the audience had all seen coming from the beginning. It feels like a film about an artist made by someone with no passion for the creative process. A terrible bore 1.5 stars
January 24, 2019 17:33
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Heaven Kleinman's rating of the film Renoir
Heaven Kleinman

Though beautifully shot, the tone of this film is way too serious. If it were about the art of Pierre it should have been much lighter, like his paintings. My favorite aspect of the films I've seen by Renoir is their tone, so to see a movie about him being way too serious is disappointing.
January 18, 2016 17:18
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Emrys's rating of the film Renoir
Emrys

The setting and the light are so beautiful, and I loved spending some time with the Renoirs and Andrée in the gorgeous Southern coast of France. I'm very interested to learn more about the father, son and Andrée, and thankful for the warm introductions through this movie.
August 03, 2018 17:38
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Mikhael Tarigan's rating of the film Renoir
Mikhael Tarigan

Beautiful story and gorgeously shot, but it felt like a half finished love letter.
April 04, 2013 02:11
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HALLENSLEBEN's rating of the film Renoir
HALLENSLEBEN

terriblement joli
February 06, 2016 23:04
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Fabio's rating of the film Renoir
Fabio

Interesting to see the subtle transition from one Renoir to the other, both masters in their arts.
August 08, 2014 19:31
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Ronja's rating of the film Renoir
Ronja

beautiful beautiful colors, a feast for one's eyes, not the brains or the heart though.
November 16, 2013 18:46
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antler's rating of the film Renoir
antler

I wanna paint.
March 12, 2013 20:52
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