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.
| Uniform Title: | Partie de campagne (Motion picture) |
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| Other Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | French |
| Language Notes: | French dialogue; English subtitles. |
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[New York, New York] :
The Criterion Collection,
[2015]
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| Edition: | Special edition. |
| Series: | Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ;
746. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |