Title: Renoir
Description: Set on the French Riviera in the summer of 1915, Jean Renoir -- son of the Impressionist painter, Pierre-Auguste -- returns home to convalesce after being wounded in World War I. At his side is Andrée, a young woman who rejuvenates, enchants, and inspires both father and son. Renoir locates a fascinating moment of change, with one century's way of thinking giving way to the next.
Subjects: Drama, Painters, Biography, Motion picture producers and directors
Places: France
People: Catherine Hessling (1900-1979), Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), Jean Renoir (1894-1979)