Chichester Cinema at New Park
A Month in the Country
Five centuries ago a mural was created in a country church in the north of England and then hidden under layers of white paint. Looking at it again will be a distraction, the Rev. Mr. Keach (Parick Malahide) tells WWI veteran Tom Birken (Colin Firth) who will spend a month in the country restoring the mural.
Another veteran, Charles Moon (Kenneth Branagh), is looking for the grave of an ancestor of the patroness of the church who fought in the Crusades. The rector's wife, Alice (Natasha Richardson), comes to see the mural and later visits Birken's bell tower abode, bringing a basket of apples. Will she open the book in which he has pressed the yellow rose she gave him earlier.
Spiritually uplifting but also elegiac, this quiet sensitive film is adapted from J. L. Carr’s novel and beautifully directed by Pat O’Connor.
Large screen DVD presentation in the STUDIO (limited seating capacity)
UK · 1987 · Pat O’Connor · 96min
