Picnic on the Grass

Picnic on the Grass — Plot

New Europe presidential candidate Etienne Alexis 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 throwing Alexis together with the luscious Nénette, a farm lass who, although unimpressed with men, wants to have a baby.

• Release date
• November 11, 1959
• Runtime
• 91 min
• Genres
• Romance, Comedy
• Director
• Jean Renoir

Picnic on the Grass — Cast

Paul Meurisse Étienne Alexis, célèbre biologiste Catherine Rouvel Antoinette dite :Nénette Jacqueline Morane Titine Fernand Sardou Nino, le père de Nénette Jean-Pierre Granval Ritou Hélène Duc Isabelle, la secrétaire du biologiste

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Ingrid Nordine la comtesse Marie-Charlotte Charles Blavette le berger Gaspard