A Sunday in the Country

1984 [FRENCH]

Action / Drama

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 85% · 7 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 85% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.4/10 10 3457 3.5K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Bertrand Tavernier Photo
Bertrand Tavernier

Top cast

Jean-Roger Milo Photo
Jean-Roger Milo as Fisherman
Thomas Duval Photo
Thomas Duval as Emile
Claude Winter Photo
Claude Winter as Madame Ladmiral
Erika Faivre Photo
Erika Faivre as Little girl
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866.31 MB
1214*720
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles fr  
24 fps
1 hr 34 min
Seeds ...
1.57 GB
1808*1072
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles fr  
24 fps
1 hr 34 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by mvanhoore 7 / 10

Mellow

Reviewed by kenjha 8 / 10

A Rewarding Experience

In early 20th century France, an impressionist painter is visited at his country estate by his grown children. This is a very low-key film where nothing much happens but where one experiences the satisfaction of having spent a Sunday afternoon in the country engaged in conversation with intelligent people. Ducreux is excellent as the patriarch nearing the end of his life who relishes the visit from his dutiful son and free-spirited daughter, but is overcome with feelings of nostalgia and perhaps regret. The cinematography is gorgeous, with images suggesting impressionist paintings. The soundtrack appropriately consists of chamber music, that of Faure.
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