2 videodiscs (41 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inches digital optical video file DVD video region 1
Target Audience Note:
CHVR: NR
Notes:
Title from container Originally shot in 1936, but not completed or released until 1946 Based on a story by Guy de Maupassant Special features: Disc 1: Intoduction by Jean Renoir (from 1962); The road to A day in the country (new interview with Renoi scholar Christopher Faulkner about the film's production). Disc 2: Pierre Braunberger on Jean Renoir (excerpt from 1979 interview with producer Pierre Braunberger about his relationship with the director and the film's production difficulties); Renoir at work (new video essay by Christopher Faulkner on Renoir's methods); Un tournage la campagne (an 89-minute 1994 compilation of outtakes from the film by filmmaker Alain Fleischer); Screen tests Song sung by Germaine Montero ; editors, Marguerite Houle Renoir, Marinette Cadix ; music, Kosma ; director of photography, Claude Renoir Sylvia Bataille, Georges Saint-Saens, Jeanne Marken, Gabriello, Jacques Borel, Paul Temps, Gabrielle Fontan, Jean Renoir, Marguerite Renoir DVD, NTSC, region 1; 1.37:1 aspect ratio; monaural For private home use only French dialogue with optional English subtitles
