Day in the country
(DVD)

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Published
[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2015].
Status
Central - Adult DVD/ Blu-ray
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Published
[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2015].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (41 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out insert.
Language
French
UPC
715515137010

Notes

General Note
Wide screen (1.37:1).
General Note
Originally shot in 1936, but not completed or released until 1946.
General Note
Restored in 2013.
General Note
Based on a story by Guy de Maupassant.
General Note
Special features: Disc 1: Introduction by Jean Renoir (from 1962); The road to A day in the country (new interview with Renoir 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 à la campagne (an 89-minute 1994 compilation of outtakes from the film by filmmaker Alain Fleischer); Screen tests. Insert includes an essay by film scholar Gilberto Perez.
Creation/Production Credits
Song sung by Germaine Montero ; editors, Marguerite Houle Renoir, Marinette Cadix ; music, Kosma ; director of photography, Claude Renoir.
Participants/Performers
Sylvia Bataille, Georges Saint-Saens, Jeanne Marken, Gabriello, Jacques Borel, Paul Temps, Gabrielle Fontan, Jean Renoir, Marguerite Renoir.
Description
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.
System Details
DVD; NTSC, region 1; 1.37:1 aspect ratio; Dolby digital monaural.
Language
French dialogue, with optional English subtitles.

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Renoir, J., Braunberger, P., Bataille, S., D'arnoux, G., Marken, J., Gabriello, 1., Brunius, J., Temps, P., Fontan, G., Renoir, M., Montero, G., Kosma, J., Renoir, C., Faulkner, C., Fleischer, A., Perez, G., & Maupassant, G. d. (2015). Day in the country (Two-DVD special edition.). The Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Jean Renoir et al.. 2015. Day in the Country. The Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Jean Renoir et al.. Day in the Country The Criterion Collection, 2015.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Renoir, Jean, et al. Day in the Country Two-DVD special edition., The Criterion Collection, 2015.

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