A Sunday in the Country

  • Drama
  • Family
4/11/1984
94

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

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.

Revenue:
$8,200,000

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Reviews

  • Geronimo1967

    Did you know that is was Canius Fanius who forbade the rearing of chickens on the streets of ancient Rome? Thats what you learn from a weekly lunch with your ageing father/grandfather and what Msr. Ladmiral (Louis Decreux) imparts to his visiting son Gonzague (Michel Aumont) who is visiting for Sunday lunch with his wife Mercédès (Monique Chaumette) and three children. Although they all get on fine, I think for the family travelling from Paris this has become a bit of a chore - but he is a jolly old painter who adores his three grandchildren. On this particular weekend, an unexpected whirlwind arrives in the form of daughter Irène (Sabine Azéma) - complete with her motor car. Unlike her sibling, she is unmarried and visits far less often bu...

    October 19, 2025

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