{"id":1817,"date":"2006-11-24T11:29:34","date_gmt":"2006-11-24T18:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1817"},"modified":"2021-01-05T18:51:07","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T01:51:07","slug":"day-in-the-country-a-partie-de-campagne-1936","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1817","title":{"rendered":"Day in the Country, A \/ Partie de Campagne (1936)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You men are all the same.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Day-in-the-Country-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Day-in-the-Country-Poster-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-28555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Day-in-the-Country-Poster-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Day-in-the-Country-Poster-90x128.jpg 90w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Day-in-the-Country-Poster.jpg 383w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhile spending the day in the countryside, an engaged young Parisian woman (Sylvia Bataille) and her mother (Jane Marken) are wooed by a pair of local workers (Georges D&#8217;Arnoux and Jacques Borel).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cross-Class Romance<\/li>\n<li>French Films<\/li>\n<li>Jean Renoir Films<\/li>\n<li>Star-Crossed Lovers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nJean Renoir&#8217;s cinematic gem (based on a short story by Guy de Maupassant) effectively conveys a world of innocence and loss within a span of only forty minutes. While not much happens within the narrative &#8212; a family goes to the country for the day; a young woman engaged to an insipid clerk (Paul Temps) develops a powerful yet hopeless crush on a man from a different social class &#8212; Renoir manages to use these simple elements to show how prescribed our lives are, and how escaping from our normal existence for even a day can show us what we may be missing, but ultimately can&#8217;t have. <\/p>\n<p>Because Henriette&#8217;s mother is also (happily) wooed on this fateful day, Renoir is able to skillfully present a lifetime conflated into one afternoon: while Henriette is young, emotional, and naive, the older Juliette sees her &#8220;fling&#8221; as a welcome (if temporary) break from her bourgeois existence; indeed, she considers it a game to try to cuckold her boring husband for the afternoon, keeping him busy with the faux-machismo of fishing while she pursues headier activities with a &#8220;real&#8221; man. In the end, however, life goes on as it inevitably will: the family returns to Paris; Henriette marries her clerk; and Rodolphe (D&#8217;Arnoux) is left behind as a mere memory of an alternate (yet ultimately impossible) existence. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sylvia Bataille as Henriette<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Day-in-the-Country-Bataille.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Day-in-the-Country-Bataille.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Day-in-the-Country-Bataille.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Day-in-the-Country-Bataille-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Day-in-the-Country-Bataille-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Day-in-the-Country-Bataille-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The touching interactions between Henriette and her older, wiser mother<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Day-in-the-Country-Mother-Daughter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Day-in-the-Country-Mother-Daughter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Day-in-the-Country-Mother-Daughter.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Day-in-the-Country-Mother-Daughter-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Day-in-the-Country-Mother-Daughter-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Day-in-the-Country-Mother-Daughter-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jacques Borel as the scheming womanizer who convinces his friend to join him in the seduction<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Day-in-the-Country-Borel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Day-in-the-Country-Borel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Day-in-the-Country-Borel.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Day-in-the-Country-Borel-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Day-in-the-Country-Borel-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Day-in-the-Country-Borel-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Effective metaphorical use of a calm, then teeming, river<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Day-in-the-Country-River.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Day-in-the-Country-River.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Day-in-the-Country-River.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Day-in-the-Country-River-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Day-in-the-Country-River-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Day-in-the-Country-River-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Beautiful cinematography, showcasing pastoral existence in the countryside<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Day-in-the-Country-Pastoral.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Day-in-the-Country-Pastoral.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Day-in-the-Country-Pastoral.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Day-in-the-Country-Pastoral-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Day-in-the-Country-Pastoral-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Day-in-the-Country-Pastoral-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes. This cinematic morsel is sure to be of interest to film fanatics. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/1001Movies.htm\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0028445\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/70795.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You men are all the same.&#8221; Synopsis: While spending the day in the countryside, an engaged young Parisian woman (Sylvia Bataille) and her mother (Jane Marken) are wooed by a pair of local workers (Georges D&#8217;Arnoux and Jacques Borel). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Cross-Class Romance French Films Jean Renoir Films Star-Crossed Lovers Review: Jean Renoir&#8217;s cinematic gem (based on a short story by Guy de Maupassant) effectively conveys a world of innocence and loss within a span of only&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1817\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1817"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61844,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1817\/revisions\/61844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}