A Day in the Country
Summary:
Jean Renoir's A Day in the Country is a short and semisweet romantic vignette based on a story by Guy de Maupassant. A group of family members spend a day away from the city in the French countryside. While the men go off to fish, the mother (Jeanne Marken) has a harmless flirtation with a rural "rake," while the daughter (Sylvia Bataille) has a more serious liaison with a... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Sylvia Bataille - (Henriette Dufour)
Jane Marken [Jeanne] - (Mme Juliette Dufour)
Georges Darnoux - (Henri)
Paul Temps - (Anatole)
Jacques Brunius - (Rodolphe)
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Review:
An extraordinarily beautiful and compelling film by Jean Renoir, the virtues of A Day In The Country are even more remarkable when one considers that it is an interrupted, unfinished work. The portion that is present sings with thematic and visual lyricism, suffused with the rhythms of nature that abound in its location setting, and also the ... Continue >>
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