Thème
Despite Renoir’s words, La Grande Illusion has great themes. The film crosses Class …
National identity …
National identity and gender…
…. and Religious and Racial boundaries
Rosenthal: Frontiers are an invention of men.Nature doesn’t give a hoot” (La Grande Illusion, 1937).
Creating a microcosm of French society within its frames,
the film asks the question:
What if we had to live with one another with no opportunity to escape?
What commonalities can man find?
Source: La Grande Illusion, 1937.
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