Picnic on the Grass
Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe
Release: 1959-11-11
·Runtime: 91m
·★ 6.3
Romance
Comedy
Etienne Alexis, a candidate for president of the new Europe, is a scientist promoting artificial insemination for social betterment and therapy to eliminate passion. To celebrate his engagement to a cousin, he hosts an aseptic picnic, where mother nature asserts herself. A shepherd's flute conjures a windstorm that throws Alexis together with the luscious Nénette, a farm lass who wants to have a baby but is unimpressed with men.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Compagnie Jean Renoir
Cast
Marguerite Cassan
as Mme Odile Poignant
André Brunot
as le curé
Paul Meurisse
as Étienne Alexis, célèbre biologiste
Jacqueline Morane
as Titine
Fernand Sardou
as Nino, le père de Nénette
Jean-Pierre Granval
as Ritou
Charles Blavette
as le berger Gaspard
Catherine Rouvel
as Antoinette dite :Nénette
Hélène Duc
as Isabelle, la secrétaire du biologiste
