Movie: A Sunday in the Country

Top 10 Billed Cast

Sabine Azéma
Sabine Azéma

Iréne

Louis Ducreux
Louis Ducreux

Monsieur Ladmiral

Michel Aumont
Michel Aumont

Gonzague

Monique Chaumette
Monique Chaumette

Mercedes

Geneviève Mnich
Geneviève Mnich

Marie-Thérèse

Thomas Duval
Thomas Duval

Emile

Quentin Ogier
Quentin Ogier

Lucien

Katia Wostrikoff
Katia Wostrikoff

Mireille

Claude Winter
Claude Winter

Madame Ladmiral

Jean-Roger Milo
Jean-Roger Milo

le pêcheur

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  • 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.

  • Release Date

    1984-04-11

  • Average

    7

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
  • Tagline

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

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    Français
  • Keywords

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