Product Details

• Actors: Louis Ducreux, Michel Aumont, Sabine Azéma, Genevičve Mnich, Monique Chaumette
• Directors: Bertrand Tavernier
• Format: Color, DVD, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Kino Video
• DVD Release Date: September 2, 2003
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305761310
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #190,147 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "A Sunday in the Country (Deluxe Letterboxed Edition)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Bertrand Travernier's magnificent portrait of French family life on the brink of World War I. Alive with the subtle brush strokes of an artist at the top of his form, Travernier's acclaimed "A Sunday in the Country" is a lovingly photographed and exquisitely acted portrait of the Ladmiral family at the beginning of the twentieth century. Based on the novel by Pierre Bost, "A Sunday in the Country" becomes an Impressionist painting in itself, mirroring the Ladmiral patriarch's trade. The film is a moving picture of the hopes, disappointments, and small joys of family as a father's life reaches its autumn season.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the most beautiful motion pictures ever made., February 21, 1999

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Miles D. Moore (Alexandria, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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Every frame of this film is like watching an Impressionist canvas in motion. This gentle, poignant character study of an elderly painter in the early 1900s is packed with beauty, insight and three-dimensional characters. Louis Ducreux, a French stage star who made his movie debut here at age 73, is subtle, compelling and deeply moving, as are the rest of the actors. The exquisite sound track (based mostly on the chamber music of Gabriel Faure) enhances the sunny yet wistful tone of the film. It's defintely not a movie for thrill-seekers, but for those seeking a two-hour vacation in a slower, gentler and lovelier world, it's a gem.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Classic French Film, June 3, 2000

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William H Dotson (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Sunday in the Country (Deluxe Letterboxed Edition) (DVD)

Just want to corroborate what the earlier 2 reviews state and to add that on the dvd is an audio commentary track by the director, a fact I had not seen published anywhere and did not actually discover until I purchased the dvd. Lovely transfer, lovely film.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Visual Feast, February 25, 2001

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carol irvin "carol irvin" (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Sunday in the Country (Deluxe Letterboxed Edition) (DVD)

This is a lovely film. I warn you that some may find it too slow because it takes a very painterly look at the microcosm of this aging man's world. If you can lose yourself in the art of it though, the pace will be just right. One of the people I saw this film with in the theater found it very depressing because of the old age approaching death aspect. Although the elderly painter is certainly moving in that direction, this film is much more about how his art is integral to his life and how his family fits into this scheme when they visit him one Sunday in his country studio and home. If you are an artist or art lover, you will adore this film for the visual feast that it is.