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A Sunday in the Country
A Sunday in the Country

A Sunday in the Country

Bertrand Tavernier's magnificent portrait of French family life on the brink of World War I

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$8200000

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

94 mins

Rating

7/10

Release Date

11 April 1984

Country

France

Cast

Sabine Azéma

Sabine Azéma

Iréne

Louis Ducreux

Louis Ducreux

Monsieur Ladmiral

Michel Aumont

Michel Aumont

Gonzague

Monique Chaumette

Monique Chaumette

Mercedes

Geneviève Mnich

Geneviève Mnich

Marie-Thérèse

Thomas Duval

Thomas Duval

Emile

Quentin Ogier

Quentin Ogier

Lucien

Katia Wostrikoff

Katia Wostrikoff

Mireille

Claude Winter

Claude Winter

Madame Ladmiral

Jean-Roger Milo

Jean-Roger Milo

le pêcheur

Pascale Vignal

Pascale Vignal

la serveuse

Valentine Suard

Valentine Suard

une petite fille

Erika Faivre

Erika Faivre

une petite fille

Marc Perrone

Marc Perrone

l'accordéoniste

Bertrand Tavernier

Bertrand Tavernier

Le narrateur

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