Summertime

Original title: La belle saison

2015
15
1h 45m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

5.9K

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Cécile de France and Izïa Higelin in Summertime (2015)

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Drama Romance

A young woman moves from the French countryside to Paris and begins a passionate love affair with a feminist leader in this drama set in 1970s France.A young woman moves from the French countryside to Paris and begins a passionate love affair with a feminist leader in this drama set in 1970s France.A young woman moves from the French countryside to Paris and begins a passionate love affair with a feminist leader in this drama set in 1970s France.

Director
- Catherine Corsini
Writers
- Catherine Corsini
- Laurette Polmanss
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

5.9K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Catherine Corsini
Writers
- Catherine Corsini
- Laurette Polmanss
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 8 nominations total

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Photos58

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Trivia
Director Catherine Corsini stated that she named the two main characters Carole and Delphine after real life artists and feminists Carole Roussopoulos and Delphine Seyrig.

Goofs
After a swim in the pond, the girls lay out to take some sun. As Carole lays naked on the blanket resting her head on Delphine, her arms are raised and we can see she does not have any underarm hair. As the girls start to kiss and caress Carole's armpit is exposed again but this time full of underarm hair.

Connections
Referenced in While Paris Was Sleeping (2016)

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Featured review

8/10

Great Period piece from French cinema

'La Belle Saison' is set in 1971 when women were asserting their rights – as indeed a lot of folk were doing the same to a world that was not really ready. This is set against the lives of Delphine from a rural farming family. She escapes to Paris where she happens to cross paths with the fiery Carole (Cécile de France – 'Meserine').

Then amidst the heady cocktail of feminism, liberation and radical politics they expressed themselves sexually – which of course was revolutionary. Yes they set about challenging the heterosexual orthodoxy - and found more than just a political statement in that they fell for each other.

Now there is tons more to this inspiringly brilliant film. It is made in such a way that the characters come alive and are completely believable. All the performances are outstanding and the period detail is really good too. The hair and fashions as well as the vehicles are spot on – and some nice Janis Joplin songs on the soundtrack too. There is so much here to like that it is a very easy job to recommend.