Revered as one of the icons of French Cinema, Jean Renoir was a visionary ahead of his time. Movies like Les Bas-Fonds, La Grande Illusion, The River The Diary of a Chambermaid, The Southerner etc. engraved his name in history of world cinema with golden letters at par with likes of Akira Kurosawa and Satyajit Ray. Infact, while Renoir was in India for the shooting of The River, he interacted with Ray and later Ray confessed that Renoir had some great effect on him as a filmmaker.
Born in Montmartre, France, Jean Renoir was son of Aline Charigot and noted French painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir. His father achieved both critical acclaim and financial security as a painter. Jean got good schooling in boarding schools. Though it shaped him as a person, he hated them. Due to environment at home, he inherited a sense of art and literature which became his forte in later years.
As young man, he joined armed forces during World War 1. He got injured when a bullet found its way to his leg. It left him partially handicapped for rest of his life. However, this turned out to be the turning point for him. He watched a lot of movies and found a passion for it. Though after War he tried his hand on ceramics but later gave it up to pursue the motion cinema. The journey thus began…
Written By: Sujoy Ghosh
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