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Spoiler-free premise
A Paris shopkeeper's family picnics by the Seine, where daughter Henriette shares a brief connection with a local boatman.
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On a summer outing from Paris, the Dufour family stops at a riverside inn for lunch, swings, and boating. Shopkeeper's daughter Henriette and mother are courted by local men Henri and Rodolphe before a storm ends the afternoon.
Why it belongs
Through leaves, water, weather, movement, and Sylvia Bataille's openness to a possible life, A Day in the Country makes one unfinished summer encounter ache.
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A swing, fishing poles, river current, rustling trees, rowboats, sudden rain, and Joseph Kosma's music make nature emotionally active. The film's incompleteness strengthens the sense of time irretrievably passing.
Major award wins
No verified wins in this six-institution crosswalk.
Awards are reference metadata only · zero points in 40/40/20
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