A Month in the Country (1987)

Directed by

Pat O'Connor

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 32m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 39 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

After World War I, a traumatized veteran travels to a rural Yorkshire village to restore a medieval mural in a church. Over the course of a summer, he slowly comes to terms with his past and finds a measure of peace.

gentlereflectivenostalgicquietpoignantatmosphericslow-paced

What happens

A Month in the Country is a 1987 British film directed by Pat O'Connor. The film is an adaptation of the 1980 novel of the same name by J. L. Carr, and stars Colin Firth, Kenneth Branagh (in his first credited role), Natasha Richardson and Patrick Malahide. The screenplay was by Simon Gray. Set in rural Yorkshire during the summer of 1920, the film follows a destitute World War I veteran employed to carry out restoration work on a medieval mural discovered in a rural church while coming to terms with the after-effects of the war. The film was shot during the summer of 1986 and featured an original score by Howard Blake and costumes by Judy Moorcroft. The film has been neglected since its 1987 cinema release and it was only in 2004 that an original 35 mm film print was discovered, due to the intervention of a fan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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