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* SpiritualSuccessor: It has many, but ''Film/GosfordPark'' is the most well-known acknowledged example in recent times. There's a big hunting party at an estate, there is the contrast of the lives of servants and the genteel class, and long-buried secrets come to light in the last act. It's a HyperlinkStory where there are really no protagonists and no one to blame, it's just that "everyone has their reasons."

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* HarsherInHindsight: Julien Carette, who played Marceau, died in 1966 when he fell asleep while smoking. In the film, there's a reference to smoking in bed (though it's Christine talking about Robert).

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Julien Carette, who played Marceau, died in 1966 when he fell asleep while smoking. In the film, there's a reference to smoking in bed (though it's Christine talking about Robert).Robert).
** The film was despised by French audiences as "unpatriotic" because it dealt with the isolationism of the aristocracy of the Third Republic who cared more about idle pursuits than the world at large. The reaction caused Renoir to leave France for Hollywood. A year later, the Nazis invaded France.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Julien Carette, who played Marceau, died in 1966 when he fell asleep while smoking. In the film, there's a reference to smoking in bed (though it's Christine talking about Robert).

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* HarsherInHindsight: Julien Carette, who played Marceau, died in 1966 when he fell asleep while smoking. In the film, there's a reference to smoking in bed (though it's Christine talking about Robert).Robert).
* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Jean Renoir, a director who had earlier made small cameos in his films, plays a real role of substance and gives what some consider the best performance in the film, and among the best in movie history.

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* HarsherInHindsight: Julien Carette, who played Marceau, died in 1966 when he fell asleep while smoking. In the film, there's a reference to smoking in bed (though it's Christine talking about Robert).

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