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A Day in the Country

Partie de campagne

1946

Jean Renoir

Sylvia Bataille, Georges Darnoux, Jane Marken, André Gabriello ...

7.8

3,433

Romance. Drama The family of a Parisian shop-owner spends a day in the country. The daughter falls in love to a man at the inn, where they spend the day.

	Author	Review
United States	J. Hoberman The New York Times	"A movie whose incomplete aspects only accentuate its freshness and spontaneity"	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"Renoir's real brilliance emerges in the way the light tone is subtly modulated into the profound sadness and regret of the conclusion."	POS
United States	Clayton Dillard Slant	"What exists of the film is striking in any number of ways, particularly its mise-en-scène (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Mike D'Angelo AV Club	"The movie as we have it is not just sublime but virtually perfect (...) Completion, in some cases, is overrated."	POS
United States	Ruthe Stein SFGATE	"A film of exquisite beauty and simmering sexuality (...) It is impressive how much about life and human behavior are contained even in such an abbreviated film"	POS
United Kingdom	Geoff Andrew Time Out	"It may be only a featurette, but this masterly adaptation of a Maupassant story is rich in both poetry and thematic content."	POS

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