Renoir (film)

2012 French drama film by Gilles Bourdos

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 (2012-05-25) (Cannes)
* 2 January 2013 (2013-01-02) (France)

Running time

| 111 minutes[1]
Country| France
Language| French
Budget| $6 million
Box office| $6.7 million[2]

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]

## Plot

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The film tells the forgotten story of Andrée Heuschling, also known as Catherine Hessling, who was the last model of impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir and the first actress in the films of his son, the film director Jean Renoir. Andrée was the link between two famous and widely acclaimed artists, a father and son. While the father is at the end of his brilliant career, the son is still searching for himself, his great career as one of the most celebrated movie directors having not yet begun.[13]

Director Gilles Bourdos used the services of a convicted art forger, Guy Ribes, to create and re-create the Renoir paintings in live action on screen.[14]

## Cast

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* Michel Bouquet as Auguste Renoir
* Christa Théret as Andrée Heuschling
* Vincent Rottiers as Jean Renoir
* Thomas Doret as Coco
* Romane Bohringer as Gabrielle Renard
* Michèle Gleizer as Mme Renoir (Aline Charigot)
* Carlo Brandt as Le docteur Pratt
* Hélène Babu as Odette
* Marion Lécrivain as Véra Sergine
* Hervé Briaux as Ambroise Vollard
* Stuart Seide as le docteur Barnes
* Emmanuelle Lepoutre as la Médecine
* Thierry Hancisse as le brocanteur
* Annelise Heimburger as la Boulangère
* Sylviane Goudal as la Grande Louise
* Solène Rigot as Madeleine

## Reception

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### Critical response

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The film received generally favorable reviews from critics. The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported 71% of critics gave the film a positive review based on 70 reviews, with an average score of 6.5/10. The critical consensus is: "Appropriately enough, Renoir offers viewers a drama of sumptuous beauty—which is more than enough to offset its frustratingly slow pace and rather thinly written screenplay."[15] Metacritic, which assigns a standardized score out of 100, rated the film 64 based on 23 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[16]

### Accolades

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Award / Film Festival  | Category  | Recipients and nominees  | Result

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AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | Best Foreign Film  |  | Won
American Society of Cinematographers Awards | Spotlight Award  | Mark Lee Ping Bin | Nominated
Cannes Film Festival | Prix Un certain regard |  | Nominated
César Awards | Best Actor | Michel Bouquet | Nominated
Best Cinematography | Mark Lee Ping Bin  | Nominated
Best Production Design | Benoît Barouh  | Nominated
Best Costume Design | Pascaline Chavanne  | Won
Lumières Awards | Best Film |  | Nominated
Best Director | Gilles Bourdos | Nominated
Best Actor | Michel Bouquet | Nominated
Best Actress | Christa Theret | Nominated
World Soundtrack Award | Soundtrack Composer of the Year | Alexandre Desplat | Nominated

## See also

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* List of submissions to the 86th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of French submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

## References

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1. ^ McCarthy, Todd. "Renoir: Film Review". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
2. ^ "Renoir (2012)". JP' Box-Office. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
3. ^ "Film review: Renoir". The Upcoming. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
4. ^ "2012 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
5. ^ Pulver, Andrew (30 April 2012). "Cannes 2012: seven films join the lineup". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
6. ^ Rendez Vous with French Cinema, The New York Times retrieved 25 March 2013.
7. ^ "A Muse to the Father, and a Wife to the Son". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
8. ^ "Renoir biopic to be France's official Oscars submission". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
9. ^ "Renoir représentera la France aux Oscars 2014". L'Express. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
10. ^ Richford, Rhonda (16 September 2013). "Oscars: France Nominates 'Renoir' in Foreign Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
11. ^ Richford, Rhonda. "Berenice Bejo, Lea Seydoux, Roman Polanski Among France's Cesar Awards Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
12. ^ Richford, Rhonda. "France's Cesar Awards: 'Me, Myself and Mum' Wins Best Film". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
13. ^ Anderson, John (22 March 2013). "A Forger's Impressions of Impressionism". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
14. ^ The New York Times, Retrieved 25 March 2013.
15. ^ "Renoir (2013)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
16. ^ "Renoir Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 15 October 2013.

## External links

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* Official website (in French)
* Renoir at IMDb

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Paintings|

* List of paintings
* Portrait of William Sisley (1864)
* Mother Anthony's Tavern (1866)
* Diana (1867)
* Lise with a Parasol (1867)
* Frédéric Bazille at his Easel (1867)
* A Couple (Les Fiancés) (1868)
* In Summer (1868)
* Skaters in the Bois de Boulogne (1868)
* Léonard Renoir, The Artist's Father (1869)
* La Grenouillère (1869)
* A Nymph by a Stream (1869-70)
* L'Algérienne (1870)
* La Promenade (1870)
* Bather with a Griffon Dog (1870)
* Woman with Parakeet (1871)
* The Harem (1872)
* Le Pont-Neuf (1872)
* Claude Monet Painting in His Garden at Argenteuil (1873)
* La Parisienne (1874)
* La Loge (1874)
* The Grand Boulevards (1875)
* Portrait of the Painter Claude Monet (1875)
* In the Garden - Under the Arbour at the Moulin de la Galette (1875)
* Woman with a Cat (1875)
* Bal du moulin de la Galette (1876)
* Nude woman sitting on a couch (Anna) (1876)
* The Swing (1876)
* A Girl with a Watering Can (1876)
* Mother and Children (1876)
* At the Theatre (1876-1877)
* Eugène Murer (1877)
* The Day Dream (1877)
* The Cup of Chocolate (1878)
* Madame Georges Charpentier and Her Children (1878)
* Portrait of Jeanne Samary (1878)
* Lunch at the Restaurant Fournaise (1879)
* Paysage Bords de Seine (1879)
* Portrait of Irène Cahen d'Anvers (La Petite Irène) (1880)
* Luncheon of the Boating Party (1881)
* Pink and Blue (1881)
* Two Sisters (On the Terrace) (1881)
* Young Women in Black (1880-1882)
* Blonde Bather (1881 and 1882)
* The Umbrellas (1880–81, 1885–86)
* By the Seashore (1883)
* Dance at Bougival (1883)
* Dance in the City (1883)
* Dance in the Country (1883)
* Les Grandes Baigneuses (1884–1887)
* Nature morte: fleurs (1885)
* The Braid (1886-1887)
* Young Woman with a Blue Ribbon (1888)
* Girls at the Piano (1892)
* Yvonne and Christine Lerolle at the Piano (1897)
* Woman Playing a Guitar (1897)
* Gabrielle with Open Blouse (1907)
* Nude (1910)
* After the Bath (1910)
* The Coast at Cagnes, Sea, Mountains (c. 1910)
* Portrait of Ambroise Vollard in a Red Headscarf (1911)
* The Farm at Les Collettes, Cagnes (c. 1908–1914)
* Blond Girl with a Rose (1915–1917)
* Portrait of Adèle Besson (1918)
* The Bathers (1918–19)

Sculptures|

* Venus Victorious (c. 1914)

Portrayals|

* A Studio at Les Batignolles (1870 painting)
* Bazille's Studio (1870 painting)
* The Impressionists (2006 series)
* Renoir (2012 film)

Family|

* Aline Charigot (wife)
* Lucienne Bisson (daughter)
* Pierre Renoir (son)
* Jean Renoir (son)
* Claude Renoir (son)
* Claude Renoir (grandson)
* Alain Renoir (grandson)
* Pierre Roland Renoir (great-grandson)
* Sophie Renoir (great-granddaughter)

Related|

* Musée de Montmartre, home and studio
* Gabrielle Renard (nanny, later model)
* Lise Tréhot
* Marguerite Legrand
* Catherine Hessling
* Richard Guino
* Jeanne Samary
* Suzanne Valadon
* Henriette Henriot
* Jane Henriot (child model)
* Raoul Rigault
* Jeanne Baudot (his only student)
* Maison Fournaise
* Pays des Impressionnistes
* Renoir (crater)

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Films directed by Gilles Bourdos

* Disparus (1998)
* Inquiétudes (2003)
* Afterwards (2008)
* Renoir (2012)
* Espèces menacées (2016)

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AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Foreign Film

* Under the Sand (2001)
* Monsoon Wedding (2002)
* Nowhere in Africa (2003)
* Good Bye, Lenin! (2004)
* Ushpizin (2005)
* The Lives of Others (2006)
* My Best Friend (2007)
* The Edge of Heaven (2008)
* Captain Abu Raed (2009)
* Farewell (2010)
* The Names of Love (2011)
* Amour (2012)
* Renoir (2013)
* Diplomacy (2014)
* Rams (2015)
* Elle (2016)
* A Taxi Driver (2017)
* Roma (2018)
* Pain and Glory (2019)
* Collective (2020)
* Sheep Without a Shepherd (2021)
* The Quiet Girl (2022)
* The Zone of Interest (2023)

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French submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

1948–1960|

* Monsieur Vincent (1948)
* The Walls of Malapaga (1950)
* Forbidden Games (1952)
* Gervaise (1956)
* Gates of Paris (1957)
* My Uncle (1958)
* Black Orpheus (1959)
* La Vérité (1960)

1961–1980|

* Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
* Sundays and Cybèle (1962)
* The Fire Within (1963)
* The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
* Pierrot le Fou (1965)
* A Man and a Woman (1966)
* Live for Life (1967)
* Stolen Kisses (1968)
* My Night with Maud (1969)
* Hoa-Binh (1970)
* Ramparts of Clay (1971)
* The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
* Day for Night (1973)
* Lacombe, Lucien (1974)
* India Song (1975)
* Cousin, cousine (1976)
* Madame Rosa (1977)
* Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978)
* A Simple Story (1979)
* The Last Metro (1980)

1981–2000|

* Diva (1981)
* Coup de Torchon (1982)
* Entre Nous (1983)
* So Long, Stooge (1984)
* Three Men and a Cradle (1985)
* Betty Blue (1986)
* Au revoir les enfants (1987)
* La Lectrice (1988)
* Camille Claudel (1989)
* Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
* Van Gogh (1991)
* Indochine (1992)
* Germinal (1993)
* Wild Reeds (1994)
* French Twist (1995)
* Ridicule (1996)
* Western (1997)
* The Dreamlife of Angels (1998)
* East/West (1999)
* The Taste of Others (2000)

2001–present|

* Amélie (2001)
* 8 Women (2002)
* Bon Voyage (2003)
* The Chorus (2004)
* Joyeux Noël (2005)
* Avenue Montaigne (2006)
* Persepolis (2007)
* The Class (2008)
* A Prophet (2009)
* Of Gods and Men (2010)
* Declaration of War (2011)
* The Intouchables (2012)
* Renoir (2013)
* Saint Laurent (2014)
* Mustang (2015)
* Elle (2016)
* BPM (Beats per Minute) (2017)
* Memoir of War (2018)
* Les Misérables (2019)
* Two of Us (2020)
* Titane (2021)
* Saint Omer (2022)
* The Taste of Things (2023)

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