Toni (1935 film)

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	Films Marcel Pagnol
Distributed by	Films Marcel Pagnol
Release dates	22 February 1935 (1935-02-22) 4 November 1936 (1936-11-04) (USA)
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.