#746: RENOIR, Jean: A Day In The Country (1936)
RENOIR, Jean (France)
A Day In The Country [1936]
Spine #746
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This bittersweet film from Jean Renoir, based on a story by Guy de Maupassant, is 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. Conceived as a short feature, the project had nearly finished production in 1936 when Renoir was called away for The Lower Depths. Shooting was abandoned then, but the film was completed with the existing footage by Renoir's team and released in its current form in 1946, after the director had already moved on to Hollywood. The result is a warmly humanist vignette that ranks among Renoir's most lyrical works, with a love for nature imbuing its every beautiful frame.
41 minutes
Black & White
Black & White
Monaural
in French
1:37:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2015
Director/Writers
Based on the short story by Guy de Maupassant.
Jean Renoir was 42 when he wrote and directed A Day in the Country.
The Film
Other Renoir films in the Collection:
#818: La Chienne (1931)
#305: Boudu Saved From Drowning (1932)
#1040: Toni (1935)
#818: La Chienne (1931)
#305: Boudu Saved From Drowning (1932)
#1040: Toni (1935)
#239: The Lower Depths (1936)
#1: Grand Illusion (1937)
#324: La Bête Humaine (1938)
#216: The Rules Of The Game (1939)
#276: The River (1951)
#242: The Golden Coach (1953)
#243: French Cancan (1955)
#244: Elena And Her Men (1956)
#1: Grand Illusion (1937)
#324: La Bête Humaine (1938)
#216: The Rules Of The Game (1939)
#276: The River (1951)
#242: The Golden Coach (1953)
#243: French Cancan (1955)
#244: Elena And Her Men (1956)
The Film
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Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
Twelve-page wraparound featuring an essay by film scholar Gilberto Perez.
Commentary
None.
Introduction
By director Renoir from 1962.
The Road to “A Day in the Country”
An interview with Renoir scholar Christopher Faulkner about the film’s production.
Renoir at Work
A video essay by Faulkner on Renoir’s methods.
Un tournage à la campagne
An eighty-nine minute 1994 compilation of outtakes from the film.
Interview
Producer Pierre Braunberger from 1979.
Screen tests
Extras Rating (0-40):
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
Twelve-page wraparound featuring an essay by film scholar Gilberto Perez.
Commentary
None.
Introduction
By director Renoir from 1962.
The Road to “A Day in the Country”
An interview with Renoir scholar Christopher Faulkner about the film’s production.
Renoir at Work
A video essay by Faulkner on Renoir’s methods.
Un tournage à la campagne
An eighty-nine minute 1994 compilation of outtakes from the film.
Interview
Producer Pierre Braunberger from 1979.
Screen tests
Extras Rating (0-40):
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