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A Sunday in the Country
“Bertrand Tavernier's magnificent portrait of French family life on the brink of World War I”
6.9 / 10• 1984• 1h 34m•NR• French
DramaFamily
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Sabine Azéma
Iréne
Lead
Louis Ducreux
Monsieur Ladmiral
Michel Aumont
Gonzague
Monique Chaumette
Mercedes
Geneviève Mnich
Marie-Thérèse
TD
Thomas Duval
Emile
Quentin Ogier
Lucien
KW
Katia Wostrikoff
Mireille
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Bertrand Tavernier's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. A Sunday in the Country is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
