Jean Renoir is still the greatest living French film director. His superiority cannot be disputed. It is confirmed not only by the quality of his work but by its variety. . . .
Renoir is one of the few talented directors who have not been trapped by their own success and been doomed to spend their later lives trying merely to repeat their initial triumphs. He has known how to adjust to the evolution of the cinema and the tastes of his contemporaries because the impulse for self-renewal is an integral part of his genius.