After a momentous solo flight across the Atlantic (ten years after Lindbergh),  André Jurieux lands at Le Bourget Airport outside Paris. He is greeted by an adoring crowd. However, André is crestfallen when he’s informed    Christine, an Austrian-French noblewoman he loves, did not come to greet him. Complicating the relationship, Christine is married to Robert, the Marquis de la Chesnaye and Robert  is  having an affair with Geneviève. Robert throws a big weekend party at his estate, La Colinière.  Among the attendees  are Geneviève, Christine, her maid Lisette, and André. What we then see are the many varieties of love and friendship, including the aristocrats above and the staff below,  eventually ending in tragedy. In explaining the movie, Renoir simply stated,  “If you break the rules, you lose the game.”