A Sunday in the Country

A Sunday in the Country

Director: Bertrand Tavernier Cast: Louis Ducreux
Louis Ducreux
, Michel Aumont
Michel Aumont
, Monique Chaumette
Monique Chaumette
, Thomas Duval
Thomas Duval
Bertrand Tavernier
A Sunday in the Country

A Sunday in the Country

Director: Bertrand Tavernier Cast: Louis Ducreux
Louis Ducreux
, Michel Aumont
Michel Aumont
, Monique Chaumette
Monique Chaumette
, Thomas Duval
Thomas Duval
Bertrand Tavernier

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Overview

French stage actor Louis Ducreux makes his film debut as a 76-year-old traditionalist painter, Monsieur Ladmiral, in this bittersweet portrait of a brooding artist. A widower, Ladmiral lives on an estate in the countryside near Paris with only his housekeeper, Mercedes (Monique Chaumette), and his paintings to keep him company. The action of the film takes place on a bright autumn Sunday in the early 1900s when Ladmiral's son, Gonzague (Michel Aumont), and Gonzague's wife, Marie-Therèse (Geneviève Mnich), come out from Paris with their three children to visit the old man. While making small talk with Gonzague, Ladmiral hints ever so subtly that his son has become too bourgeois, too conformist, too accepting of the status quo. Apparently, Ladmiral doesn't want his son to face what he is facing: self-recrimination for failing to take risks, failing to go beyond the bounds of tradition. Outdoors, the couple's two boys are only too eager to risk and dare. At one moment, they try to set fire to an insect and, failing, have the audacity to ask for a magnifying glass to do the job. Their father, Gonzague, disapproves, of course, but Ladmiral pronounces his blessing on the project, and he authorizes them to use his glass. No doubt, the old man hopes they survive childhood with their gumption and gall intact -- like Irène. Irène is Ladmiral's other child -- a vivacious, free-spirited beauty who speaks her mind and follows her whims. She is everything that Gonzague is not. Later, she drives her Papa to a dancehall. There, he tells her about his ruminations -- that maybe he should have experimented with impressionism. After examining his current project, he considers whether to make a decision, one that may change nothing -- or perhaps everything.

Product Details

Release Date: 12/17/2019
UPC: 0738329241926
Original Release: 1984
Rating: NR
Source: Kino Classics
Region Code: 1
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Language: English
Time: 1:34:00
Sales rank: 47,923

Special Features

New audio commentary by director Bertrand Tavernier; Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Louis Ducreux Monsieur Ladmiral,Composer
Michel Aumont Gonzague
Monique Chaumette Mercédès
Thomas Duval Emile
Quentin Ogier Lucien
Katia Wostrikoff Mireille
Claude Winter Madame Ladmiral
Valentine Suard Little Girl
Erika Faivre Little Girl
Marc Perrone Accordionist,Composer
Pascale Vignal Dance Hall Servant
Jacques Poitrenaud Hector
Jean-Roger Milo Fisherman (Le pêcheur)
Sabine Azéma Irène
Geneviève Mnich Marie-Thérèse
Philippe Sarde Composer
Gabriel Faure Composer

Technical Credits
Bertrand Tavernier Director,Screenwriter,Producer,Screenwriter
Alain Sarde Producer
Pierre Bost Screenwriter
Ariane Boeglin Sound Effects
Jean Duguet Sound Effects
Jean-Pierre Lelong Sound Effects
Bernard Le Roux Sound Effects
Mario Melchiorri Sound Effects
Guillaume Sciama Sound/Sound Designer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- A Sunday in the Country
1. Chapter 1 [9:04]
2. Chapter 2 [9:50]
3. Chapter 3 [8:18]
4. Chapter 4 [10:51]
5. Chapter 5 [10:44]
6. Chapter 6 [8:57]
7. Chapter 7 [10:28]
8. Chapter 8 [8:55]
9. Chapter 9 [8:47]
10. Chapter 10 [8:27]
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