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A Day in the Country
Partie de campagne
Directed by Jean Renoir
1936•8m•NR•★ 6.0
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Synopsis
A Parisian hardware merchant brings his family to the countryside for an idyllic Sunday picnic along the River Essonne, where two local boatmen seduce the shopkeeper's wife and his innocent daughter as a sudden summer thunderstorm breaks. Jean Renoir's luminous 40-minute impressionist jewel adapted from Guy de Maupassant.
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DirectorBen Sharpsteen
MusicAlbert Hay Malotte
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Walt DisneyMickey Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Clarence NashDonald Duck (voice) (uncredited)
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Runtime8m
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DirectorJean Renoir
LanguagesFrench
CountryFR
StudioPanthéon Productions
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