Un dimanche à la campagne (1984)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Bertrand Tavernier

Writers:

Pierre Bost (novel)
Bertrand Tavernier (writer)
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Release Date:

11 April 1984 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

In France, before WWI. As every Sunday, an old painter living in the country is visited by his son Gonzague...

Plot Keywords:

Painter | Little Girl | Visit | Father Daughter Relationship | Period Piece

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 12 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Louis Ducreux	...	Monsieur Ladmiral
Michel Aumont	...	Gonzague
Sabine Azéma	...	Irène (as Sabine Azema)
Geneviève Mnich	...	Marie-Thérèse (as Genevieve Mnich)
Monique Chaumette	...	Mercédès
Thomas Duval	...	Emile
Quentin Ogier	...	Lucien
Katia Wostrikoff	...	Mireille
Claude Winter	...	Madame Ladmiral
Jean-Roger Milo	...	Fisherman (Le pêcheur)
Pascale Vignal	...	A servant (La serveuse)
Jacques Poitrenaud	...	Hector (Patron guinguette)
Valentine Suard	...	Little girl (La petite fille 1)
Erika Faivre	...	Little girl (La petite fille 2)
Marc Perrone	...	Accordionist (L'accordéoniste)

Directed by
Bertrand Tavernier

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Pierre Bost		novel "Monsieur Ladmiral Va Bientot Mourir"
Bertrand Tavernier		writer
Colo Tavernier		writer

Produced by
Alain Sarde	....	delegate producer
Bertrand Tavernier	....	producer

Cinematography by
Bruno de Keyzer		(as Bruno De Keyzer)

Film Editing by
Armand Psenny

Production Design by
Patrice Mercier

Set Decoration by
Sylvie Salmon

Costume Design by
Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle		(as Yvonne Sassinot De Nesle)

Makeup Department
Sidonie Fontata	....	key hair stylist (as Sidonie)
Eric Muller	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Thibault Chevalier	....	unit manager trainee
Gérard Gaultier	....	production manager (as Gerard Gaultier)
Jean-François Lebas	....	unit manager trainee
Karl Lefay	....	unit manager trainee

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jean Achache	....	first assistant director
Regine Dalnoky	....	second assistant director
Nadine Deichtmann	....	trainee assistant director

Art Department
Jean-Pierre Deseau	....	furniture
Michel Grimaud	....	property master
Jean-Pierre Zingo	....	paintings
Clément Hurel	....	poster artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Ariane Boeglin	....	chief sound editor
Jean Duguet	....	foley recordist
Jean-Pierre Lelong	....	foley artist
Bernard Leroux	....	sound mixer
Mario Melchiorri	....	assistant foley artist
Laurent Poirier	....	first sound assistant
Guillaume Sciama	....	sound engineer
Agnès Vaurigaud	....	assistant sound editor (as Agnes Vaurigaud)
Claude Villand	....	sound mixer
Jean-Marc Lentretien	....	sound mix technician (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Yves Angelo	....	first assistant camera
Gérard Bougeant	....	grip (as Gerard Bougeant)
Philippe Brun	....	camera operator
Alain Cousseau	....	electrician
Joël David	....	chief electrician
Jean-Pierre Fizet	....	still photographer
Charlie Freess	....	key grip (as Charles Freess)
Jean-Yves Freess	....	grip
Etienne George	....	still photographer (as Etienne Georges)
Alain Grestau	....	electrician
Jean Harnois	....	camera operator
Bernard Prim	....	still photographer
Nils Tavernier	....	camera trainee

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Monique Dury	....	costumer
Marthe Mikol	....	costumer
Lily Petit	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Françoise Lefèvre	....	assistant editor (as Françoise Lefevre)
Philippe Wampfler	....	apprentice editor

Music Department
Louis Ducreux	....	composer: additional music
Marc Perrone	....	composer: additional music
Philippe Sarde	....	music arranger

Other crew
Monique Assouline	....	press attache
Claude Bertonazzi	....	production administrator
Frédéric Bourboulon	....	studio manager (as Fred Bourboulon)
Aline Corneille	....	production secretary
Fabien Dufour	....	location manager
Louis Grau	....	general administrator
Claudine Taulère	....	script supervisor (as Claudine Taulere)

Production Companies

• Films A2
• Little Bear
• Sara Films

Distributors

• AMLF (1984) (France) (theatrical)
• Kino Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Artificial Eye (????) (UK) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Kino Video (????) (USA) (VHS)
• MGM/UA Classics (????) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Vídeo Cassete do Brasil (????) (Brazil) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Le Quatuor Via Nova  music performers
• Éditions Gallimard  publisher

Also Known As:

A Sunday in the Country
Ein Sonntag auf dem Lande (West Germany) [de]
Mia kyriaki stin exohi (Greece) [el]
Sunnuntai maalla (Finland) [fi]
Um Domingo no Campo (Portugal) [pt]
Um Sonho de Domingo (Brazil) [pt]
Un domingo en el campo (Spain) [es]
Un domingo en la campiña (Argentina) [es]
Una domenica in campagna (Italy) [it]
Vidéki vasárnap (Hungary) [hu]

Runtime:

90 min | Sweden:95 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:G | Argentina:Atp | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | UK:PG | USA:G | West Germany:6

Company:

Films A2

Soundtrack:

Quatuor pour piano et cores Op. 121

The dark side of the sun.

A lot of people consider it Tavernier's best .

An old man lives in the country in a desirable property.He waits for his children's visit .Whereas his son ,Gonzague,who lives a bourgeois life with wife and kids frequently turns up,his daughter Irene , a socialite ,a woman ahead of her time is often too busy in Paris to remember his old papa.

On a clear sunny day,they all gather in the father's house .Suddenly the house does not look that much cozy.The novel on which the movie is based is called "Mr Ladmiral Va Bientôt Mourir" (M.Ladmiral is soon going to die)and Death shows beneath the placid surface : a terrifying vision of the old man on his death bed -there is a similar scene in John Huston's last work-;a fleeting souvenir of a picnic in the garden where they used to eat (wild?) strawberries;more prosaically,when the family arrives near the church,they can hear "Nearer to thee ,my God" (the Titanic band's canticle!).

The admirable sequence in the Guinguettes displays not only Tavernier's tribute to Auguste Renoir,but also his love for the true masters of the French cinema:Auguste's son Jean ("Une Partie de Campagne") ,Julien Duvivier ("La Belle Equipe") and Jacques Becker ("Casque d'or").

This is a brilliant movie by the man who is perhaps the greatest living French director.His command of the picture is so fascinating that even the frequent voice -overs are not redundant.

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