A Month in the Country (film)

A Month in the Country
Original theatrical poster, showing Colin Firth and Natasha Richardson.
Directed by	Pat O'Connor
Screenplay by	Simon Gray
Based on	A Month in the Country by J. L. Carr
Produced by	Kenith Trodd
Starring	Colin Firth Kenneth Branagh Natasha Richardson Patrick Malahide
Cinematography	Kenneth MacMillan
Music by	Howard Blake
Production companies	Euston Films Channel Four Films PfH Ltd.
Distributed by	Columbia-Cannon-Warner Distributors
Release date	27 September 1987 (1987-09-27) (US)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£1.06 million[1]
Box office	$443,524 (USA)[2][better source needed]

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.

Set in rural Yorkshire during the summer of 1920, the film follows a destitute World War I veteran employed to carry out restoration work on a Medieval mural discovered in a rural church while coming to terms with the after-effects of the war.

The film was shot during the summer of 1986 and featured an original score by Howard Blake. The film has been neglected since its 1987 cinema release and it was only in 2004 that an original 35 mm film print was discovered, due to the intervention of a fan.^[3]