A day in the country /

A tenderly comic idyll about a city family's picnic in the French countryside and the romancing of the mother and grown daughter by two local men.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Partie de campagne (Motion picture)
Corporate Author: Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors: Bataille, Sylvia, 1912-1993 (Actor), Marken, Jane, 1895-1976 (Actor), D'arnoux, Georges (Actor), Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:French
Language Notes:French dialogue; English subtitles.
Published: [New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]
Edition:Special edition.
Series:Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ; 746.
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Description
Summary:A tenderly comic idyll about a city family's picnic in the French countryside and the romancing of the mother and grown daughter by two local men.
Item Description:Title from container.
Originally shot in 1936, but not completed or released until 1946.
Based on a story by Guy de Maupassant.
Special features: Intoduction by Jean Renoir from 1962; new interview with Renoi scholar Christopher Faulkner about the film's production ; new video essay by Faulkner on Renoir's methods; Un tournage à la campagne en 89-minute 1994 compilation of outtakes from the film; interview with producer Pierre Braunberger from 1979; screen tests; essay by film scholar Gilberto Perez.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodiscs (40 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded pamphlet.
Format:Blu-Ray , (1.33:1) aspect ratio, mono ; requires Blu-ray player.
Production Credits:Song sung by Germaine Montero ; editors, Marguerite Houle Renoir, Marinette Cadix ; music, Kosma ; director of photography, Claude Renoir.
ISBN:9781604659535
160465953X