Jean Renoir explores the question of how life and theater behave towards one another via magnificent colors and heavy stylization, as boundaries blur and the worlds on stage and off it are interwoven and mirrored. The starting point is the golden coach ordered by the wasteful viceroy of a small South American state. A troop of actors arrives with it, whose star the men fall in love with both on stage and in “real life”. Opulent in décor, acting, and composition – a masterpiece, just like the golden coach itself.
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