Partie de campagne
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| Directed by | Jean Renoir |
| Produced by | Pierre Brauenberger |
| Written by | Jean Renoir |
| Starring | Sylvia Bataille Georges D'Arnoux Jane Marken André Gabriello Jacques B. Brunius Paul Temps |
| Release date(s) | May 5, 1946 |
| Running time | 40 min. |
| Language | French |
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Partie de campagne (English title: A Day in the Country) is a film written and directed by the French auteur Jean Renoir in 1936. It chronicles a love affair over a single summer afternoon in 1860, along the banks of the Seine.[1] The film is based on a short story by Guy de Maupassant, who was a friend of Renoir's father Auguste Renoir.[2] Future star directors Jacques Becker and Luchino Visconti worked as Renoir's assistant directors.[3]
Partie de campagne was shot in July, soon after France had elected the Popular Front government, and employers had negotiated the Matignon agreement, providing wage increases, 40-hour weeks, trade union rights, paid holidays and improved social services.[4] The film was not released until 1946, ten years after it was shot. Renoir never finished the filming due to weather problems, but the producer, Pierre Brauenberger, turned the material into a release after World War II.[2]
[edit] Plot
Monsieur Dufour (André Gabriello), a shop-owner from Paris, takes his family to spend a day in the country. While there, the family meets two young men, Henri (Georges D'Arnoux) and Rodolphe (Jacques B. Brunius). Dufour and his young daughter's, Henriette's (Sylvia Bataille), fiancé Anatolé (Paul Temps) go fishing, while Madame Dufour (Jane Marken) enjoys a care-free fling with Rodolphe. Henriette and Henri row to a secluded island and engage in a romance.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Armstrong, Richard. Partie de campagne. The Film Journal. Retrieved on January 6, 2007.
- ^ a b Partie de campagne. British Film Institute. Retrieved on January 6, 2007.
- ^ Partie de campagne. IMDb. Retrieved on January 6, 2007.
- ^ Leahy, James. Jean Renoir. Senses of Cinema. Retrieved on January 6, 2007.
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