Solemn Communion

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

René Féret

Writers

René Féret

Language

French

Country

France

Release date

27 April 1977

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Ariane Ascaride

  Palmyre Blanchard-Lhomme

• 

  Yveline Ailhaud

  MariePaulet-Lhomme

• Vincent Pinel

  Leon Gravet

• 

  Andrée Tainsy

  Charlotte Fourcignie

• 

  Christian Drillaud

  Charles Gravet (jeune)

• Claude Bouchery

  Jules Ternolain

• Isabelle Caillard

  Josette Dauchy (jeune)

• 

  Patrick Fierry

  François Dauchy (jeune)

• 

  Véronique Silver

  Josette Dauchy (40 ans)

• 

  Marcel Dalio

  Charles Gravet (vieux)

• 

  Myriam Boyer

  Léone Gravet-Rux

• Manuel Strosser

  Julien Gravet III