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A Month in the Country is a 1987 British film directed by Pat O'Connor. The film is an adaptation of the 1980 novel of the same name by J. L. Carr, and stars Colin Firth, Kenneth Branagh (in his first credited role), Natasha Richardson and Patrick Malahide. The screenplay was by Simon Gray.
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A Month in the Country is a first-person narrative told by Thomas Birkin, a twenty-something veteran of World War One suffering from combat fatigue and the emotional toll of the collapse of his marriage; his face twitches uncontrollably and at times he stammers.
A Month in the Country: Directed by Pat O'Connor. With Colin Firth, John Atkinson, Jim Carter, Patrick Malahide. Two soldiers (Colin Firth, Kenneth Branagh) recover from World War I while spending a summer in a Yorkshire village.
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- Pat O'Connor
- 1987-12-04
Two soldiers (Colin Firth, Kenneth Branagh) recover from World War I while spending a summer in a Yorkshire village. Five centuries ago, a mural was created in a country church in the north of England, and then hidden under layers of white paint.
A Month in the Country. Two shaken soldiers (Colin Firth, Kenneth Branagh) recover from World War I one summer in a Yorkshire village. Watch A Month in the Country with a subscription on Prime...
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- Pat O'connor
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- Colin Firth
Jan 1, 2001 · In J. L. Carr's deeply charged poetic novel, Tom Birkin, a veteran of the Great War and a broken marriage, arrives in the remote Yorkshire village of Oxgodby where he is to restore a recently discovered medieval mural in the local church.
A Month in the Country is the fifth novel by J. L. Carr, first published in 1980 and nominated for the Booker Prize. The book won the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1980.
