Director: Jean Renoir
Cast: Sylvia Bataille, Jane Marken, Georges D'Arnoux, Jacques Brunius, André Gabriello,
Plot: The family of a Parisian shop-owner spends a day in the country. The daughter falls in love with a man at the inn, where they spend the day.
An evening of Guy de Maupassant on film
The 19th Century French writer Guy de Maupassant had a spare style and an acute understanding of social class and psychology, both characteristics which lend themselves well to cinematic adaptation. Criterion’s Blu-ray edition of Jean […]