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Solemn Communion (1977)

Solemn Communion (1977)

Drama Comedy
Release Date: 1977, April 27
Directors: René Féret
Countries: France
Production: FR3, FR3, INA, INA, Société Française de Production (SFP), Société Française de Production (SFP), Les Films de l'Arquebuse, Les Films de l'Arquebuse
Cast: Nathalie Baye, Pierre Forget, Philippe Nahon, Philippe Léotard, Marcel Dalio, Serge Reggiani, André Marcon, Jenny Clève, Denise Péron, Andrée Tainsy, Patrick Fierry, Ariane Ascaride

Overview:

In this complex chronicle of the evolution of a provincial family's life, the story follows three generations of at least two neighboring families from the 1890s to the 1970s. In one of many related tales, a man who was engaged to the older daughter of a farmer elopes with the younger one. After many years and the birth of five children, the man leaves his wife and family for the bright lights of the city but continues turning up from time to time, until he is finally taken into the home of one of his sons when he is a quite old man. The complex interactions of the legitimate and illegitimate children of a womanizing miner give rise to yet another set of related stories.