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Summer Hours
Why this pick
A gently observed family gathering where an inherited house and its artworks bring quiet questions of memory, taste, and what children carry forward.
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MOVIE1984 1h 30m FRA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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A Sunday in the Country
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The story takes place during a Sunday in the late summer of 1912. Monsieur Ladmiral is a painter without any real genius and in the twilight of his life. Since the death of his wife, he lives alone with Mercedes, his servant. As every Sunday, he invites Gonzague, his son, a steady young man, who likes order and propriety, accompanied by his wife, Marie-Thérèse and their three children, Emile, Lucien and Mireille. That day, Irène, Gonzague's sister, a young non-conformist, liberated and energetic woman, upsets this peaceful ritual and calls into question her father's artistic choices.
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Michel Aumont
Gonzague
Louis Ducreux
Monsieur Ladmiral
Geneviève Mnich
Marie-Thérèse
Sabine Azéma
Irène
Monique Chaumette
Mercédès