| Director | Bertrand Tavernier |
|---|---|
| Box office | $8.2 million |
The story takes place during a Sunday in the late summer of 1912. Monsieur Ladmiral is a painter without any real genius and in the twilight of his life. Since the death of his wife, he lives alone with Mercedes, his servant. As every Sunday, he invites Edouard (whose wife makes him go by that name, instead of "Gonzague"), his son, a steady young man, who likes order and propriety, accompanied by his wife, Marie-Thérèse and their three children, Emile, Lucien and Mireille. Later that day, Irène, Gonzague's sister, a young non-conformist, liberated and energetic woman, upsets this peaceful ritual. While loving and mostly respectful of Ladmiral, she does not think too highly of most of her father's art.