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A Summer's Tale

starring: Melvil Poupaud, Amanda Langlet, Gwenaëlle Simon, Aurelia Nolin, Aimé Lefèvre
directed by: Eric Rohmer

: A Summer's Tale
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781572529304
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 157252930X
Label: Fox Lorber
Manufacturer: Fox Lorber
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Fox Lorber
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 05, 2000
Running Time: 113 minutes
Sales Rank: 81879
Studio: Fox Lorber
Theatrical Release Date: 1996



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Amazon.com:
The third of Eric Rohmer's Four Seasons romances follows the indecision of a young man who juggles three women during his final summer between school and work. Drifting along the beaches of Brittany while waiting for his commitment-shy girlfriend, Lena, to meet him, Gaspard (Melvil Poupaud of Diary of a Seducer) becomes fast friends with pretty waitress Margot (Amanda Langlet, the grown-up Pauline of Pauline at the Beach a decade earlier) and has a fling with Margot's aggressive and sexy friend Solene before Lena finally shows. By then, Gaspard has inadvertently committed himself to all three women. It's a lovely portrait of awkwardness and ambivalence set against the gorgeous land and seascape of Brittany, and populated by pretty young performers.

This, the most understated of Rohmer's sex farces, carries a bittersweet sting, but little of the emotional effervescence of his best films. While these characters are no less pretentious or vulnerable than his other lovers (who all seem to be emotionally at sea), Rohmer just skims the surface of their emotional revelation. His greatest achievement is the evocation of young adults caught between their teens and 20s, with little real experience but full of easily sidelined ideals. In the best Rohmer tradition, the circular conversations and solipsistic monologues are neither glib nor pretentious, merely the immature but sincere ramblings of vulnerable youth playing adult games. --Sean Axmaker



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Rohmer's Summer Tale shimmers as brilliantly as the sun on the Breton sea.
Along with his Six Moral Tales, A Summer's Tale (Conte d'été) ranks among my favorite Éric Rohmer ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - One of Rohmer's best
Perhaps the best of Rohmer's season films. Gaspard (Melvil Poupaud) takes a month long vacation to a ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - A beautiful film...
"A Summer's tale" is the story of a young man and three women. All in all, not much happens, but I simply ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - what a fresh french movie!!! I'm still in love with it!
I really don't have words to describe how sweet and delicated this movie is!!! I am still so in love with ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A very sweet story
Well, first of all i'm absolutely enchanted by the film. It's amazing how this script can be so simple and ... Read More

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