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A Sunday in the Country(1984)
Status: Released
Date: 1984-04-11
69%
100 Votes
Time: 1h 34m
Bertrand Tavernier's magnificent portrait of French family life on the brink of World War I
Overview:
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.
Languages: French.
Countries:
France
Revenue: $8,200,000.00
ProductionCompanies:
Little Bear
Films A2
Sara Films
Movie: A Sunday in the Country
Top 10 Billed Cast
Sabine Azéma
Iréne
Louis Ducreux
Monsieur Ladmiral
Michel Aumont
Gonzague
Monique Chaumette
Mercedes
Geneviève Mnich
Marie-Thérèse
Quentin Ogier
Lucien
Claude Winter
Madame Ladmiral
Jean-Roger Milo
le pêcheur
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