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A Sunday in the Country

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

6.9(106)19841h 34m3

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.

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Released
Budget
—
Box office
$8.2M
Language
French
  • countryside
  • insect
  • sunday
  • painter
  • family relationships
  • old man
  • rural area
  • 1910s
  • elderly man
  • father daughter relationship

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical2 Oct 1984
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical11 Apr 1984
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical619 Jan 1985
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalG16 Nov 1985
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical4 Oct 1984
  • SwedenSE

    • TheatricalBtl19 Oct 1984

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A Sunday in the Country was released on 11 April 1984.

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    CinemaSerf

    10/19/2025

    7/10

    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 fo…

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