I think I just didn't understand this.
The ruling class are in some ways as much outsiders as vagrants and dossers, which is why the landowner has a sneaking sympathy for the poacher.
— Terry Eagleton (London Review of Books)
The reason why the New Wave happened in France and not elsewhere is the same as why Le Règle du Jeu happened in France: it is the only country in the world where a departure from the norm in art is not immediately scoffed at.
— Satyajit Ray: An Indian New Wave? (1971)
Synopsis: The Marquis de la Chesnaye and his wife host a weekend gala where a variety of complicated romantic and social entanglements between guests and servants lead to tragedy, all against the backdrop of a looming war.