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A Day in the Country
Comedy, Drama, Romance - 1946
7.8
100%
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The family of a Parisian shop-owner spends a day in the country. The daughter falls in love with a man at the inn, where they spend the day.
Director:
A Day in the Country
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(1951)
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Boudu Saved from Drowning
(1932)
Michel Simon gives one of the most memorable performances in screen history as Boudu, a Parisian tramp who takes a suicidal plunge into the Seine and is rescued by a well-to-do bookseller, Edouard Lestingois. The Lestingois family decides to take in the irrepressible bum, and he shows his gratitude by shaking the household to its found...

Details

Rated:
NOT RATED
Runtime:
41 min
Release date:
8 May 1946
Country:
FR
Languages:
French
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
1 win.

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Along with The Postman segment from Satyajit Ray's Two Daughters, it is, I think, the greatest short film ever made.
– Peter Rainer,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
26 Jul 2006
fresh:
Witty and sensuous, it's pure magic.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
9 May 2007
fresh:
The charm of the film seems almost too easily won, but Renoir's real brilliance emerges in the way the light tone is subtly modulated into the profound sadness and regret of the conclusion.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
9 May 2007
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