A Sunday in the Country (1984)
3.8 of 5 from 50 ratings
1h 34min
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- Synopsis:
"A Sunday in the Country" is a lovingly photographed and exquisitely acted portrait of French family life on the brink of WWI. Monsieur Ladmiral (Louis Ducreux) is a widowed painter in his twilight years who welcomes his bourgeois son Gonzague (Michel Aumont) and - spirited daughter Irene (Sabine Azema) (and their families) to his home for a lazy afternoon lunch. Over the course of the day buried resentments come to the surface the passage of time has left no family member unscathed. Based on the novel by Pierre Bost and directed by the great Bertrand Tavernier (Coup de Torchon, Round Midnight), 'A Sunday in the Country' is a moving picture of the hopes, disappointments, and small joys of family as a fathers life reaches its autumn season. - Actors:
- Louis Ducreux, Michel Aumont, Sabine Azéma, Geneviève Mnich, Monique Chaumette, Thomas Duval, Quentin Ogier, Katia Wostrikoff, Claude Winter, Jean-Roger Milo, Pascale Vignal, Jacques Poitrenaud, Valentine Suard, Erika Faivre, Marc Perrone
- Directors:
- Bertrand Tavernier
- Producers:
- Bertrand Tavernier
- Writers:
- Pierre Bost, Bertrand Tavernier, Colo Tavernier
- Aka:
- Un dimanche à la campagne
- Studio:
- Lace
- Genres:
- Drama
- Countries:
- France
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