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A Sunday in the Country( 1984)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Sabine Azéma

      Iréne

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      Louis Ducreux

      Monsieur Ladmiral

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      Michel Aumont

      Gonzague

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      Monique Chaumette

      Mercedes

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      Geneviève Mnich

      Marie-Thérèse

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      Thomas Duval

      Emile

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      Quentin Ogier

      Lucien

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      Katia Wostrikoff

      Mireille

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      Claude Winter

      Madame Ladmiral

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      Jean-Roger Milo

      le pêcheur

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      Pascale Vignal

      la serveuse

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      Valentine Suard

      une petite fille

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      Erika Faivre

      une petite fille

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      Marc Perrone

      l'accordéoniste

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      Bertrand Tavernier

      Le narrateur

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Oct 19 2025
    Did you know that is was Canius Fanius who forbade the rearing of chickens on the streets of ancient Rome? That’s 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 whi...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    8200000.00

    Keywords

    • countryside
    • insect
    • sunday
    • painter
    • family relationships
    • old man
    • rural area
    • 1910s
    • elderly man
    • father daughter relationship