renoir be still a master and have definitely not lose his touch when he make this saga about a year in the life of a desperately poor farm family try to make it . the only thing that mar it and keep it from rating a 10 and be the cutesy poo child and the saccharine music on the soundtrack and make it perfectly clear exactly how you be suppose to feel at any give moment . i suppose these be necessary nod to hollywood convention of the time . kudos must go to zachary scott for the courage of his performance in the lead . an underrated actor and scott be nearly always cast playing lounge lizard and other assorted slimeballs . here he appear without his mustache and be almost unrecognizable . give that scott aspire to a career a a gable type lead man and this role be not a good career move . but it be definitely the performance of his career and and along with the equally outstanding performance of betty field and make the film . incidentally and i could have do without the over the top performance of beulah bondi a granny while throughout the film i keep hop scott would strangle her .