故事发生在1915年的法国，著名的印象派艺术家雷诺瓦（米歇尔·布盖 Michel Bouquet 饰）已经步入了人生的晚年，妻子的去世，身体上的病痛，加上儿子让雷诺瓦（樊尚·罗蒂埃 Vincent Rottiers 饰）在战争中身负重伤，这一连串的打击让年迈的雷诺瓦日渐消沉，一蹶不振。就在此时，一位名为安蝶尔（克丽丝塔·泰瑞特 Christa Theret 饰）的模特出现在了雷诺瓦的生命之中，安蝶尔的年轻和美丽让雷诺瓦的生命再度轮转到了春天。 之后，让雷诺瓦回家养伤，他震惊于安蝶尔的美貌，对其一见钟情，然而，让雷诺瓦没有想到的是，他炙热而强烈的感情却令父亲再度坠入了痛苦和焦灼之中，雷诺瓦将这份痛苦转化成为了创作的动力，一幅幅美轮美奂价值连城的艺术精品从他颤抖的手下诞生了。

影片用细腻的笔触描绘了11岁少女在1987年的夏天发生的故事，忙于工作的母亲，生病住院的父亲。处在孩子和大人之间淡淡的分界线上飘荡的少女，一边窥视着大人的世界，一边感受到人们内心的痛苦。对死亡的好奇心和恐惧，活着是无可奈何的寂寞，渴求被人温暖。高兴、 开心、寂寞、恐惧、哀伤，从少女的视角浮现出各种各样的情感的闪光。

影片用细腻的笔触描绘了11岁少女在1987年的夏天发生的故事，忙于工作的母亲，生病住院的父亲。处在孩子和大人之间淡淡的分界线上飘荡的少女，一边窥视着大人的世界，一边感受到人们内心的痛苦。对死亡的好奇心和恐惧，活着是无可奈何的寂寞，渴求被人温暖。高兴、 开心、寂寞、恐惧、哀伤，从少女的视角浮现出各种各样的情感的闪光。

Made for television, this film consists of four parts: Part One, "The Last Christmas Dinner," is about the relationship between an old man and an old woman, both homeless. Part Two, "The Electric Floor Polisher," is an opera-like story of a woman who is obsessed with polishing her floors. Part Three is a musical interlude featuring Jeanne Moreau singing "When Love Dies." Part Four, "The Virtue of Tolerance," concerns an old man, his young wife, and how they come to terms when she has an affair with a man her own age.

Jean Renoir… Une légende du cinéma français. Il est né en 1894, presque en même temps que le cinéma. Tout au long de sa carrière, il aura réalisé trente-huit films, pour la plupart devenu des classiques – entre autres, La Grande illusion, La Bête humaine, La Règle du jeu ou French Cancan. Magistral directeur d’acteurs, il a fait tourner les plus grands : Michel Simon, Jean Gabin, Louis Jouvet… Perçu aujourd’hui comme un père spirituel pour un grand nombre de réalisateurs, Jean Renoir était en avance sur son temps. Il a inventé une grammaire visuelle en filmant la vie comme elle vient, sachant capter l’instant et la féérie de la réalité pour tenter de révéler la nature profonde de l’homme. 　　Mais sa carrière de cinéaste et le chemin vers la reconnaissance ont été ponctués par une longue suite de rebondissements dramatiques et de remises en cause personnelles. Boudé par les producteurs au début des années 30, incompris du public, puis se hissant au sommet de la célébrité, Jean Renoir, longtemps écrasé par la figure de son père, le peintre impressionniste Auguste Renoir, a peiné à « se faire un prénom ». En exil à Hollywood pendant dix ans, mais rejeté par les majors américaines, il pensera même qu’il doit abandonner le cinéma. 　　Avec Quand Jean devint Renoir, Alexandre Moix propose un portrait intime d’une grande finesse. Il réinterroge avec empathie la vie et l’œuvre de ce géant du cinéma, une personnalité débonnaire plus complexe qu’il n’y parait. 　　Jean Renoir aimait à se comparer à un bouchon porté par le courant mais sa vie, pleine de péripéties, extrêmement romanesque, aura finalement été tout le contraire d’un long fleuve tranquille.

Although it appears to be more naturalistic than THE HUMAN PYRAMID, the PORTRAIT DE MICHEL SIMON PAR JEAN RENOIR OU PORTRAIT DE JEAN RENOIR PAR MICHEL SIMON OU LA DIRECTION D'ACTEURS: DIALOGUE episode of JEAN RENOIR LE PATRON makes similarly sophisticated use of audiovisual montage to activate the different resonances of the footage, creating a portrait whose deceptively complex form mirrors that of its subject. Large portions of the film depict director Jean Renoir and his former actor Michel Simon talking about various matters in real time on a particular day. The roving camera generally stays close to them, but it also moves around the table at various points, capturing interviewer-director Rivette, some of the camera equipment, and other people present in the same space. While the earthy conversation of Renoir and Simon is engrossing, the viewer is never allowed to forget that this seemingly casual encounter between friends is mediated by the director and crew, and the final film includes shots of clapboards, of someone putting a hand over the camera lens, and even of a blank screen as the camera battery is reloaded. Even more pronounced intervention occurs as sequences from films Renoir and Simon made together are inserted at unexpected moments. There are no clear transitions separating these excerpts from the main body of the film, and the sound from the conversation continues over (or at least bleeds into) the clips, creating a dialogue between remembered, lived, and represented experiences, which become increasingly intertwined as the film progresses. 　　—— Richard I. Suchenski, "Projections of Memory: Romanticism, Modernism, and the Aesthetics of Film"

Although it appears to be more naturalistic than THE HUMAN PYRAMID, the PORTRAIT DE MICHEL SIMON PAR JEAN RENOIR OU PORTRAIT DE JEAN RENOIR PAR MICHEL SIMON OU LA DIRECTION D'ACTEURS: DIALOGUE episode of JEAN RENOIR LE PATRON makes similarly sophisticated use of audiovisual montage to activate the different resonances of the footage, creating a portrait whose deceptively complex form mirrors that of its subject. Large portions of the film depict director Jean Renoir and his former actor Michel Simon talking about various matters in real time on a particular day. The roving camera generally stays close to them, but it also moves around the table at various points, capturing interviewer-director Rivette, some of the camera equipment, and other people present in the same space. While the earthy conversation of Renoir and Simon is engrossing, the viewer is never allowed to forget that this seemingly casual encounter between friends is mediated by the director and crew, and the final film includes shots of clapboards, of someone putting a hand over the camera lens, and even of a blank screen as the camera battery is reloaded. Even more pronounced intervention occurs as sequences from films Renoir and Simon made together are inserted at unexpected moments. There are no clear transitions separating these excerpts from the main body of the film, and the sound from the conversation continues over (or at least bleeds into) the clips, creating a dialogue between remembered, lived, and represented experiences, which become increasingly intertwined as the film progresses. 　　—— Richard I. Suchenski, "Projections of Memory: Romanticism, Modernism, and the Aesthetics of Film"

短片开场，邪恶狡猾的绿眼人成功绑架了闪电狗波特（约翰·特拉沃尔塔 John Travolta 配音）和佩妮（麦莉·赛勒斯 Miley Cyrus 配音），他将把他们投入到滚烫的岩浆中，而绿眼人的堡垒拥有世界上最顶级的防护措施，重兵把守之下，闪电狗和小主人几乎没有获救的可能。这可急坏了实验室中的父亲，关键时刻，他只得将希望寄托在胖乎乎只会跟着电视跳舞的小仓鼠雷诺的身上。经过一番高精尖的改造，雷诺小小的身躯内被注入强大的战斗力。它按照指令杀入了绿眼人的老巢，并和这群坏蛋展开一场精彩纷呈的大战…… 　　本片为动画电影《闪电狗》的番外短片。