Toni | |
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Directed by | Jean Renoir |
Screenplay by | Jean Renoir (uncredited) Carl Einstein (uncredited) |
Story by | Jacques Levert |
Produced by | Pierre Gaut |
Starring | Charles Blavette Celia Montalván Jenny Hélia Édouard Delmont Max Dalban |
Cinematography | Claude Renoir |
Edited by | Marguerite Renoir Suzanne de Troeye |
Music by | Paul Bozzi |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Films Marcel Pagnol |
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Running time | 80 mins. |
Country | France |
Languages | French Italian Spanish |
Toni is a 1935 French drama film directed by Jean Renoir and starring Charles Blavette, Celia Montalván and Édouard Delmont. The credits mention no writers other than the story writer Jacques Levert, but the script was later confirmed to be authored by Renoir and Carl Einstein.[1] It is an early example of the casting of non-professional actors and on-location shooting - both of which would influence the Left Bank of the French New Wave movement. Examining the romantic interactions between a group of immigrants (both from abroad and other parts of France) working around a quarry and a farm in Provence, it is also generally considered a major precursor to the Italian neorealist movement, for its concerns on the working class , use of non-professional actors and on-location shooting.
Although Toni is not among Renoir's most famous works, it continues to receive positive reviews from critics.