A Sunday in the Country
Bertrand Tavernier's magnificent portrait of French family life on the brink of World War I
Genres
Overview
In France, before WWI. As every Sunday, an old painter living in the country is visited by his son Gonzague, coming with his wife and his three children. Then his daugther Irene arrives. She is always in a hurry, she lives alone and does not come so often... An intimist chronicle in which what is not shown, what is guessed, is more important than how it looks, dealing with what each character expects of life.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$8200000
Runtime
94 min
Release Date
1984-04-11
Status
Released
Original Language
French
Vote Count
92
Vote Average
7
Sabine Azéma
Iréne
Louis Ducreux
Monsieur Ladmiral
Michel Aumont
Gonzague
Monique Chaumette
Mercedes
Geneviève Mnich
Marie-Thérèse
Thomas Duval
Emile
Quentin Ogier
Lucien
Katia Wostrikoff
Mireille
Claude Winter
Madame Ladmiral
Jean-Roger Milo
le pêcheur
Pascale Vignal
la serveuse
Valentine Suard
une petite fille
Erika Faivre
une petite fille
Marc Perrone
l'accordéoniste
Bertrand Tavernier
Le narrateur
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