Un dimanche à la campagne (1984)
(A Sunday in the Country)
Country: FR
Technical: col 94m
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Cast: Louis Ducreux, Sabine Azéma, Michel Aumont
Synopsis:
An elderly painter is visited by his son's family, as usual at the weekend, but also on this occasion by his unmarried daughter.
Review:
Based on a novel by Pierre Bost (Tavernier a great champion of the despised 'cinéma de qualité'' of the 40s), this is a film that at once deals with the lost France of the pre-WWI years, evoking the Impressionists in its visuals, and more timeless concerns such as the choices one makes in life and the small but important things to cherish. Azéma is captivating as the flighty daughter who seizes the day. One of the director's more concise creations, it recalls Renoir's Une partie de campagne in its lightness of touch as well as its theme.
(A Sunday in the Country)
Country: FR
Technical: col 94m
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Cast: Louis Ducreux, Sabine Azéma, Michel Aumont
Synopsis:
An elderly painter is visited by his son's family, as usual at the weekend, but also on this occasion by his unmarried daughter.
Review:
Based on a novel by Pierre Bost (Tavernier a great champion of the despised 'cinéma de qualité'' of the 40s), this is a film that at once deals with the lost France of the pre-WWI years, evoking the Impressionists in its visuals, and more timeless concerns such as the choices one makes in life and the small but important things to cherish. Azéma is captivating as the flighty daughter who seizes the day. One of the director's more concise creations, it recalls Renoir's Une partie de campagne in its lightness of touch as well as its theme.
(A Sunday in the Country)
Country: FR
Technical: col 94m
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Cast: Louis Ducreux, Sabine Azéma, Michel Aumont
Synopsis:
An elderly painter is visited by his son's family, as usual at the weekend, but also on this occasion by his unmarried daughter.
Review:
Based on a novel by Pierre Bost (Tavernier a great champion of the despised 'cinéma de qualité'' of the 40s), this is a film that at once deals with the lost France of the pre-WWI years, evoking the Impressionists in its visuals, and more timeless concerns such as the choices one makes in life and the small but important things to cherish. Azéma is captivating as the flighty daughter who seizes the day. One of the director's more concise creations, it recalls Renoir's Une partie de campagne in its lightness of touch as well as its theme.