26° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
BRITISH RENAISSANCE

A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY

A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY

Country: UK
Year: 1987
Duration: 96'


In 1920, a restorer has to bring back to
light a fresco in the church of a village.
An archeologist is looking for a tomb
in the land around the church. They have
just survived the war and, while digging
up ancient mysteries, they become friends.
Repression, inadequacy, discretion, pain,
and the mythic sense of the landscape.
The first important roles for Colin Firth
and Kenneth Branagh

Biography

film director

Pat O'Connor

Pat O’Connor (Ardmore, Irlanda/Ireland, 1943)

FILMOGRAFIA

Miracles & Miss Langan (TV, 1979), The Ballroom of Romance (1982), One of Ourselves (TV, 1983), Cal (id., 1984), A Month in the Country (Un mese in campagna, 1987), Stars and Bars (Un gentleman a New York, 1988), The January Man (Un  detective...particolare, 1989), Fools of Fortune (La casa del destino, 1990),
Force of Duty (TV, 1992), Zelda (TV, 1993), Circle of Friends (Amiche, 1995), Inventing
the Abbotts
(Innocenza infranta, 1997), Dancing at Lughnasa (Ballando a Lughnasa, 1998), Sweet November (Sweet November - Dolce Novembre, 2001).

Cast

& Credits

regia/director Pat O’Connor
soggetto/story dall’omonimo romanzo di/ from the novel of the same title by J.L. Carl
sceneggiatura/screenplay Simon Gray
fotografia/cinematography Kenneth MacMillan
montaggio/film editing John Victor Smith
scenografia/production design Leo Austin
costumi/costume design Judy Moorcraft
musica/music Howard Blake
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters Colin Firth (Tom Birkin), Kenneth Branagh (Charles Moon),Natasha Richardson (Alice Keach)
produttore/productor Kenith Trodd
produzione/production Euston Films
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