Film

A Sunday in the Country

1984 · 1h 34m · Drama · Family

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

IMDb

7.4

Rotten Tomatoes

100%

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.

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

• Bertrand TavernierDirector · Screenplay · Producer
• Colo Tavernier O'HaganScreenplay
• Pierre BostNovel
• Alain SardeProducer
• Bruno de KeyzerDirector of Photography
• Philippe SardeOriginal Music Composer
• Marc PerroneOriginal Music Composer
• Gabriel FauréOriginal Music Composer
• Armand PsennyEditor

Release date

April 11, 1984

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

6

Revenue

$8,200,000

Genres

Drama, Family

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