A peculiar masterpiece since it is actually a compilation of three brilliant short films--Jean Renoir's A DAY IN THE COUNTRY (1946), Roberto Rossellini's THE MIRACLE (1948), and Marcel Pagnol's JOFROI (1933) brought together by foreign film importer Joseph Burstyn for the benefit of
American audiences, who would not otherwise get a chance to see them. Renoir's film is one of his most perfect, adapting a Guy de Maupassant story about a bourgeois mother and daughter who get involved with two oarsmen. Rossellini's picture was originally released in Italy in a diptych entitled
L'AMORE and was meant as a vehicle for Magnani. Besides being Fellini's only acting credit, T...
Released:
1950
Rated:
NR
Length:
119 mins