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Bookmark this pageLa Fille de l'Eau (1924)
Director: Jean Renoir
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From Time Out Film Guide
Virginie lives on a barge with her father and uncle. Papa accidentally drowns, uncle develops an incestuous itch and Virginie flees into a series of adventures with a gypsy poacher, a brutal farmer and, for hero, a handsome young landowner. This was Renoir's first feature, and various influences are discernible: a dash of Stroheim here, a streak of Surrealism there. But the naturalistic settings, sensuously rendered (with very few interiors), contrasted with the theatricality of the narrative and an eccentric attitude to performance (especially that of the clown-like Hessling), already reveal a quite recognisable Renoir.Author: BBa
Cast & crew
Director: Jean Renoir
Producer: Jean Renoir
Cast: Catherine Hessling, Pierre Philippe, Harold Livingston, Pierre Champagne, Maurice Touzé, André Derain full cast
Duration: 85 mins
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