Film: A SUNDAY IN THE COUNTRY
A Sunday in The Country
Bertrand Tavernier
Writers: Pierre BostBertrand TavernierColo Tavernier
Stars:Louis DucreuxMichel AumontSabine Azéma
Release date April 1984
Running time 90 minutes
Country France
An elderly painter whose son visits with his family on the weekends, is also surprised by a visit from his still-single daughter.
The story takes place during a Sunday in the late summer of 1912. Monsieur Ladmiral is a painter without any real genius and in the twilight of his life. Since the death of his wife, he lives alone with Mercedes, his servant. As every Sunday, he invites Edouard (whose wife makes him go by the name “Gonzague”), his son, a steady young man, who likes order and propriety, accompanied by his wife, Marie-Thérèse and their three children, Emile, Lucien and Mireille. Later that day, Irène, Gonzague’s sister, a young non-conformist, liberated and energetic woman, upsets this peaceful ritual. While loving and mostly respectful of Ladmiral, she does not think too highly of most of her father’s art.
This Film is part of The Kenmare Arts Festival