Paul Meurisse (white suit) during filming of “Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe” at the Auguste Renoir house "Les Collettes". With the aid of mechanical wind devices a tempest, the mistral, turns the déjeuner into catastrophe. Cagnes-sur-Mer 1959.
On the set of Jean Renoir’s film “Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe,” an outdoor luncheon descends into chaos. Filmed in 1959 at Auguste Renoir’s former home in Cagnes-sur-Mer, the scene employed mechanical wind devices to simulate a tempestuous mistral. Amidst the frenetic action, actor Paul Meurisse (in white suit) is caught in the maelstrom as guests duck for cover, one man wields a tray like a shield, and a wide-brimmed hat is suspended in mid-air.
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