Solemn Communion

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.

105min
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating6.2/10

Cast

Ariane Ascaride profile pictureAriane AscaridePalmyre Blanchard-Lhomme
Yveline Ailhaud profile pictureYveline AilhaudMariePaulet-Lhomme
Andrée Tainsy profile pictureAndrée TainsyCharlotte Fourcignie
Patrick Fierry profile picturePatrick FierryFrançois Dauchy (jeune)
Véronique Silver profile pictureVéronique SilverJosette Dauchy (40 ans)
Marcel Dalio profile pictureMarcel DalioCharles Gravet (vieux)
Myriam Boyer profile pictureMyriam BoyerLéone Gravet-Rux
Pierre Banderet profile picturePierre BanderetPierre Gravet
Nathalie Baye profile pictureNathalie BayeJeanne Vanderberghe
Philippe Léotard profile picturePhilippe LéotardJacques Gravet
Monique Chaumette profile pictureMonique ChaumetteLise Paulet-Dauchy (40 ans)
Jenny Clève profile pictureJenny ClèveLucie Fourcignie-Ternolain
Pierre Forget profile picturePierre ForgetFrançois Dauchy (50 ans)
Serge Reggiani profile pictureSerge ReggianiLe récitant chanteur (voice)
Philippe Nahon profile picturePhilippe NahonUn syndicaliste
Denise Péron profile pictureDenise PéronLa gouvernante
André Marcon profile pictureAndré MarconLucien Gravet

About Solemn Communion

Solemn Communion 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.

Runtime: 105min

Extra details

Original Title: La Communion solennelle
Original Language: French
Directed By: René Féret