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A Sunday in the Country

1984 · 94 min

A hushed, sunlit afternoon where small gestures and unspoken regrets carry the weight of a whole family's quiet disappointments.

Tagline: 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.
How it feels: Melancholic, warm, earnest and romantic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, aging, memory, identity
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
aging
memory
identity
parenthood
Places: countryside
single country house
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild