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| | ninemsn Encarta - French Cinema |
 | | These films were made on very low budgets, compared to the mass of more ordinary films, and they were supported by the circuit of ciné-clubs that grew up in France during the 1920s. |
 | | It was not only the avant-garde films, but also the ordinary French films of the time, that were little seen in other countries, partly as a result of the latter’s poor production values, and partly as a result of their somewhat out-of-date style. |
 | | His second film for the company, La Chienne (1931, with Michel Simon), was so controversial dramatically and technically that Renoir was only able to save it from Richebé, who was demanding that it be re-edited, by appealing, at Braunberger’s suggestion, to the company’s principal investor, a shoe manufacturer, through the latter’s mistress. |
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