deleted from the film at the time of its initial release.) Modern reception Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports 100% approval of À nous la liberté based on 18 reviews, with an average rating of 8.3/10. Jonathan Rosenbaum wrote that the film's "proletarian plot (two convicts go free, one becoming a tramp, the other acquiring a phonograph factory) makes it a period piece in the best sense." Michael Atkinson considers it to be Clair's "loveliest and most lyrical film", and wrote that the work is "filthy with formal élan, wild sound [...] and choreographed movement, and if anything [it has] gained an antique daydreaminess with the years." In The Routledge Encyclopedia of Films, À nous la liberté is described as a landmark in film comedy for "its deft use of sound and its pioneering production design", and as a work which anticipated the films of Jacques Tati in its satire of modernization. See also Entr'acte (film)References Bibliography À Nous La Liberté, and Entr'acte: films by René Clair, English translation and description of the action by Richard Jacques and Nicola Hayden, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1970, Cinema yesterday and today,'' by René Clair, translated by Stanley Appelbaum, edited, and with an introduction and annotations by R. C. Dale, New York: Dover, 1972, External links À Nous la Liberté at Turner Classic Movies Criterion Collection À nous la liberté an essay by Michael Atkinson at the Criterion Collection 1931 films 1930s French-language films French musical comedy films 1931 musical comedy films French black-and-white films Films directed by René Clair Films about criticism and refusal of work Films scored by Georges Auric 1930s French films