Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 41 min
- Language
- French
- Country
- France
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
The family of a Parisian shop-owner spends a day in the country. The daughter falls in love with a man at the inn, where they spend the day.
- countryside
- picnic
- flash forward
- inn
- rowboat
- fishing poll
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- André Gabriello — Monsieur Dufour
- Gabrielle Fontan — La Grand' Mère
- Jean Renoir — Père Poulain
- Marguerite Renoir — La Servante
- Paul Temps — Anatole
- Jacques Becker — Seminarian (uncredited)
- Pierre Lestringuez — Un Vieux Curé
- Georges Bataille — Seminarian (uncredited)
- Henri Cartier-Bresson — Seminarian (uncredited)
- Alain Renoir — Boy Fishing (uncredited)
- Directed
- Jean Renoir
- Written
- Jean Renoir
Production
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 · 218 ratings
- Studio
- Panthéon Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
