Picnic on the Grass (1959)
Directed by Jean Renoir
Etienne Alexis, a candidate for president of the new Europe, 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 that throws Alexis together with the luscious Nénette, a farm lass who wants to have a baby but is unimpressed with men.
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As long as the great foreign films continue to trickle into New York at the present snail's pace, the enthusiasm of discerning movie-goers will have to be concentrated on one phenomenon at time; 1959 was the year of "Wild Strawberries" and "The Four Hundred Blows"; 1960 belonged to "Hiroshima, Mon Amour" and "Picnic on the Grass."