A Sunday in the Country

1984 94 min ★ 6.9 Drama, Family

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.

Cast

Sabine Azéma

Iréne

Louis Ducreux

Monsieur Ladmiral

Michel Aumont

Gonzague

Monique Chaumette

Mercedes

Geneviève Mnich

Marie-Thérèse

Thomas Duval

Emile

Quentin Ogier

Lucien

Katia Wostrikoff

Mireille

Claude Winter

Madame Ladmiral

Jean-Roger Milo

le pêcheur

Details

Director

Bertrand Tavernier

Screenplay

Colo Tavernier O'Hagan

Tagline

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

Status

Released

Original Language

FR

Revenue

$8,200,000

Production

Little Bear, Films A2, Sara Films

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

October 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...