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Solemn Communion (1977)
Directed by René Féret
Comedy, Drama · 1h 45m
In this complex chronicle of the evolution of a provincial family's life, the story follows three generations of at least two neighboring families from the 1890s to the 1970s. In one of many related tales, a man who was engaged to the older daughter of a farmer elopes with the younger one. After many years and the birth of five children, the man leaves his wife and family for the bright lights of the city but continues turning up from time to time, until he is finally taken into the home of one of his sons when he is a quite old man. The complex interactions of the legitimate and illegitimate children of a womanizing miner give rise to yet another set of related stories.
Cast
Ariane Ascaride
Palmyre Blanchard-Lhomme
Yveline Ailhaud
MariePaulet-Lhomme
Andrée Tainsy
Charlotte Fourcignie
Christian Drillaud
Charles Gravet (jeune)
Patrick Fierry
François Dauchy (jeune)
Véronique Silver
Josette Dauchy (40 ans)
Marcel Dalio
Charles Gravet (vieux)
Myriam Boyer
Léone Gravet-Rux
Crew
- Director
- René Féret
- Writer
- René Féret
- Director of Photography
- Jean-François Robin
- Original Music Composer
- Sergio Ortega
- Editor
- Vincent Pinel
- Producer
- Michelle Plaa, René Féret
Details
- Original title
- La Communion solennelle
- Release date
- 1977-04-27
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- FR3, INA, Société Française de Production (SFP), Les Films de l'Arquebuse