Monday, 4 May 2015

An incomplete visit

A Day in the Country (1936)

Written and directed by Jean Renoir this film stars Sylvia Bataille, Georges D'Arnoux, Jane Marken and Andre Gabriello. In 1860 a family of Parisians travel to spend the day lunching in the countryside where two local men eye up the lady folk.

This is a short film that is not complete as Renoir imagined it but the narrative does hold together at least. I found the story to be a little simple and not with much depth but that could well be due to the incomplete nature of the film. The does look pretty good but not remarkably so in my opinion.


3/5

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