A Day in the Country | |
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![]() 1946 French release poster | |
Directed by | Jean Renoir |
Screenplay by | Jean Renoir |
Based on | "Une partie de campagne" by Guy de Maupassant |
Produced by | Pierre Braunberger |
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Cinematography | Claude Renoir |
Edited by | Marinette Cadix Marguerite Renoir |
Music by | Joseph Kosma |
Production company | Panthéon Productions |
Distributed by | Joseph Burstyn Inc. (1950 US release) |
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Running time | 40 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Partie de campagne (pronounced [paʁ.ti də kɑ̃.paɲ]; English: A Day in the Country) is a French featurette that was written and directed by Jean Renoir in 1936, but not edited and released until 1946. It is based on the short story "Une partie de campagne" (1881) by Guy de Maupassant, who was a friend of Renoir's father, the renowned painter Auguste Renoir.[1] The film chronicles a love affair over a single summer afternoon in 1860 along the banks of the Seine.[2]