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A Month in the Country

  • 19871987
  • PGPG
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
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Colin Firth and Natasha Richardson in A Month in the Country (1987)
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Two soldiers (Colin Firth, Kenneth Branagh) recover from World War I while spending a summer in a Yorkshire village.Two soldiers (Colin Firth, Kenneth Branagh) recover from World War I while spending a summer in a Yorkshire village.Two soldiers (Colin Firth, Kenneth Branagh) recover from World War I while spending a summer in a Yorkshire village.
IMDb RATING
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1.8K
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    • Pat O'Connor
    • Simon Gray(screenplay by)
    • J.L. Carr(from the novel by)
  • Stars
    • Colin Firth
    • Kenneth Branagh
    • John Atkinson
    • Pat O'Connor
    • Simon Gray(screenplay by)
    • J.L. Carr(from the novel by)
  • Stars
    • Colin Firth
    • Kenneth Branagh
    • John Atkinson
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 34User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
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    Kenneth Branagh and Colin Firth in A Month in the Country (1987)
    Kenneth Branagh and Colin Firth in A Month in the Country (1987)
    Kenneth Branagh, Colin Firth, and Natasha Richardson in A Month in the Country (1987)
    Colin Firth in A Month in the Country (1987)
    Kenneth Branagh and Colin Firth in A Month in the Country (1987)
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    Colin Firth in A Month in the Country (1987)
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    Natasha Richardson in A Month in the Country (1987)
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    Kenneth Branagh and Colin Firth in A Month in the Country (1987)

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    Colin Firth
    Colin Firth
    • Birkin
    Kenneth Branagh
    Kenneth Branagh
    • James Moon
    John Atkinson
    • Old Man on Train
    Jim Carter
    Jim Carter
    • Ellerbeck
    Patrick Malahide
    Patrick Malahide
    • Reverend Keach
    Richard Vernon
    Richard Vernon
    • Colonel Hebron
    Tim Barker
    Tim Barker
    • Mossop
    Vicki Arundale
    • Kathy
    Martin O'Neil
    • Edgar
    Natasha Richardson
    Natasha Richardson
    • Alice Keach
    Tony Haygarth
    Tony Haygarth
    • Douthwaite
    Eileen O'Brien
    • Mrs. Ellerbeck
    Elizabeth Anson
    • Lucy Sykes
    Barbara Marten
    • Mrs. Sykes
    Ken Kitson
    Ken Kitson
    • Mr. Sykes
    • (as Kenneth Kitson)
    Judy Gridley
    • Mrs. Clough
    Lisa Taylor
    Lisa Taylor
    • Emily Clough
    Andrew Wilde
    Andrew Wilde
    • Shop Assistant
      • Pat O'Connor
      • Simon Gray(screenplay by)
      • J.L. Carr(from the novel by)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Film historian Nick Redman mentions in his commentary included in the BFI edition of the movie that, at the time of its original release, this was said to be a movie "starring two nobodies".
    • Goofs
      According to Alice Keach, her roses are the variety Sarah Van Fleet. However, the film is set in 1920 and Sarah Van Fleet roses were not introduced until 1926.
    • Quotes

      Reverend Keach: Where do you intend to stay?

      Birkin: Well, I thought, um... here.

      Reverend Keach: Here? Where here?

      Birkin: What about the belfry?

      Reverend Keach: The belfry? I can't say that appeals to me, having somebody stay in the belfry. Shouldn't you take lodgings? A room in teh Shepherd's Arms?

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Breakthrough Stars of 1990 (1990)
    • Soundtracks
      Roses of Picardy
      (uncredited)

      Music by Haydn Wood

    User reviews34

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    9/10
    Colin Firth at his best!!!
    It's a love story about rebirth and self healing. The foundation of the plot seems very simple: a young man comes in a town to clean the wall of a church. With a subject like that it could be absolutely boring...but it's not. "Emotion" could be the word to describe it all, though "repressed emotion" would be even more accurate. It's a delicate movie, with thousands of details you might not see the first time; it's deep and truly is a masterpiece in its genre.

    Of course to appreciate it you must love repertoire movies. It's not a blockbuster movie...far from that. You must be in a slow mood I guess to enjoy it.

    This is the kind of movie I would like to keep in my collection: isn't it a pity that "anonymous" has probably sold his tape already? (I cannot find it in Montreal!)
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    • Aug 20, 1999

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    • Release date
      • December 4, 1987 (United Kingdom)
      • United Kingdom
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Radnage, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Channel Four Films
      • Euston Films
      • PfH Ltd.
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    • 1 hour 36 minutes
      • Color
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