ThisiscommonlyknownasJeanRenoir'
sfirstAmericanfilm(1941),althoughRenoirscholarAlexanderSesonskehasestablishedthatRenoir'
screativeroleintheprojectwasseverelyhamperedbyproducerDarrylF.Zanuckandthathedidn'
tregardmuchofthefilmashisown.(Theending,forinstance,waswrittenbyZanuckanddirectedbyIrvingPichel.)Nevertheless,thefilm...