Day in the country [videorecording] / Janus Films ; Pierre Braunberger presents a film by Jean Renoir ; producer, Pierre Braunberger ; director, Jean Renoir.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781604659542 :
- Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (41 min.) : sd, b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Two-DVD special ed.
- Publisher: [Irvington, New York] : Criterion Collection, 2015.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Based on a story by Guy de Maupassant. Originally shot in 1936, but not completed or released until 1946. Special features: Disc 1: Intoduction by Jean Renoir (from 1962); The road to A day in the country (new interview with Renoi scholar Christopher Faulkner about the film's production). Disc 2: Pierre Braunberger on Jean Renoir (excerpt from 1979 interview with producer Pierre Braunberger about his relationship with the director and the film's production difficulties); Renoir at work (new video essay by Christopher Faulkner on Renoir's methods); Un tournage la campagne (an 89-minute 1994 compilation of outtakes from the film by filmmaker Alain Fleischer); Screen tests. Title from container. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Song sung by Germaine Montero ; editors, Marguerite Houle Renoir, Marinette Cadix ; music, Kosma ; director of photography, Claude Renoir. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Sylvia Bataille, Georges Saint-Saens, Jeanne Marken, Gabriello, Jacques Borel, Paul Temps, Gabrielle Fontan, Jean Renoir, Marguerite Renoir. |
Target Audience Note: | PG. |
System Details Note: | DVD, NTSC, region 1; 1.37:1 aspect ratio; Dolby digital monaural. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | For private home use only. |
Language Note: | French dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
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Subject: | Families > France > Fiction. Feature films. Foreign films > France. Motion pictures, French. Picnics > France > Fiction. Romance films. |
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Lakeshore Branch | DVD Day | 31681002432581 | DVD | Available | - |