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Picnic on the Grass

6.3 91 mins Romance   Comedy   1959
Compagnie Jean Renoir  
Director(s): Jean Renoir

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.

Casts of Picnic on the Grass

Paul Meurisse

as Étienne Alexis, célèbre biologiste

Catherine Rouvel

as Antoinette dite :Nénette

Jacqueline Morane

as Titine

Fernand Sardou

as Nino, le père de Nénette

Hélène Duc

as Isabelle, la secrétaire du biologiste

Ingrid Nordine

as la comtesse Marie-Charlotte

Charles Blavette

as le berger Gaspard

Marguerite Cassan

as Mme Odile Poignant

André Brunot

as le curé

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