Picnic on the Grass

Year: 1959

Runtime: 91 mins

Language: French

Director: Jean Renoir

ComedyRomance

Etienne Alexis, a presidential candidate in a unified Europe, is a scientist who promotes artificial insemination to improve society and suppress passion. To mark his engagement to a cousin, he stages a picnic in nature. A shepherd’s flute summons a windstorm that drags Alexis to Nénette, a farm girl yearning for a child but wary of men.

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