English Title: A Day in the Country
Panthéon Productions
Starring: Gabrielle Fontan, Sylvia Bataille
Directed by: Jean Renoir

Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film!

Synopsis: Restored footage from an unfinished Renoir film. The Dufour family travels from Paris to the countryside to enjoy some fresh air and perhaps even some romance.

Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): The oldest member of the family is Grandmother (Gabrielle Fontan) and when the family ventures out to find a picnic spot she sees a small tabby and white kitten running in the grass. She calls to the kitten and then scoops it up, hugging it tightly.

Having chosen a spot beneath a cherry tree for their picnic, the family help Grandma into a chair brought out for her. She continues to hold the kitten on her lap through the picnic.

At one point the tabby kitten seems to be falling asleep.

After they have eaten, the grandmother nods off with the kitten still in her lap.

Eventually the kitten jumps off the woman’s lap and the grandmother gets up and chases after it. Neither character is seen again.

Final Mewsings: Picnics tire out grandmothers and kittens.

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