Figure 1.--Gonzo is seen here with his sister dressed in a skirted suit..

HBC had thought the title of this film was "A Day in the Country". A HBC reader tells us that the title is actually "Sunday in the Country". I am not sure what the original French title was. This movie takes place probably just before or just after World War I. The main character in the movie is an old impressionist painter who lives in the country. He is expecting a visit from his son and family (2 boys and a girl) and is getting ready to walk to the railway station to meet them. The painter has two grown children, a son named Gonzo and a daughter named Irene. There are a number of conflicts in this movie between the painter and his son, the painter and his daughter, and the two children. However, I won't go into the plot. If your interested in the movie you can check it out at Blockbuster in the foreign movie section. Anyway the painter throughout the movie has flashbacks to his life when his children were at home and his wife was alive. The first of these occur when he walks out of the gate on his way to the railway station. In the background you hear children laughing and someone calling Gonzo, Gonzo, Irene, etc. Then suddenly appears two little girls. They wear very pretty dresses, more like party dresses than play dresses, and hats decorated with ribbons and flowers. The youngest girl has very long hair and the older one long hair, but cut shoulder length. The actors are of course girls, but I think the youngest represents Irene and the oldest Gonzo as young children. The old man, however, doesn't seem to recognize them. These two children reappear in the movie when the old man is out walking with his son. Of course, the old man is the only one that sees them. After they disappear from view he asks his son where they went. Later in the movie there is also a flashback scene where the painter and his wife are having a picnic on the lawn. The wife calls, Gonzo, Irene several times. Finally, two children emerge from the house, a little girl wearing a dress, and an older boy wearing a skirted suit. The boy looks to be about 10 - 12 and the girl several years younger; the same relative age difference as the two little girls (?) seen earlier in the movie. There is also a painting of two little girls which the painter keeps for sentmental reasons. I assume, his children were the models for this painting.

Title

HBC had thought the title of this film was "A Day in the Country". A HBC reader tells us that the title is actually "Sunday in the Country". I am not sure what the original French title was.

Setting

This movie takes place probably just before or just after World War I. HBC has no seen the film, but the costumes look more like the pre-World War I period.

Chracters

The main character in the movie is an old impressionist painter who lives in the country.

Figure 2.--Gonzo and his sister here wear identical white dresses.

Plot

The old painter is expecting a visit from his son and family (2 boys and a girl) and is getting ready to walk to the railway station to meet them. The painter has two grown children, a son named Gonzo and a daughter named Irene. There are a number of conflicts in this movie between the painter and his son, the painter and his daughter, and the two children. However, I won't go into the plot. If your interested in the movie you can check it out at Blockbuster in the foreign movie section. Anyway the painter throughout the movie has flashbacks to his life when his children were at home and his wife was alive. The first of these occur when he walks out of the gate on his way to the railway station. In the background you hear children laughing and someone calling Gonzo, Gonzo, Irene, etc. Then suddenly appears two children who look like two little girls. The old man, however, doesn't seem to recognize them. These two children reappear in the movie when the old man is out walking with his son. Of course, the old man is the only one that sees them. After they disappear from view he asks his son where they went. Later in the movie there is also a flashback scene where the painter and his wife are having a picnic on the lawn. The wife calls, Gonzo, Irene several times. Finally, two children emerge from the house, a little girl wearing a dress, and an older boy wearing a skirted suit. The boy looks to be about 10-12 and the girl several years younger; the same relative age difference as the two little girls (?) seen earlier in the movie. There is also a painting of two little girls which the painter keeps for sentmental reasons. I assume, his children were the models for this painting.

Clothing

The two childrenThey wear very pretty dresses, more like party dresses than play dresses, and hats decorated with ribbons and flowers. The youngest girl has very long hair and the older one long hair, but cut shoulder length. The actors are of course girls, but I think the youngest represents Irene and the oldest Gonzo as young children. Notably while Gonmzo in the film wears a hat and dress idenrical to his sister, his sister does not wear the skieted suit that Gonzo wears in some films. This scene is quite unusual as there are very few film in which boys are costumed in dresses, despite the fact that this was a very common way of dressing younger boys.

Created: February 7, 2003
Last updated: Februarb 7, 2003