Summertime (2015 film)
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| Directed by | Catherine Corsini |
| Produced by | Elisabeth Perez |
| Written by | Catherine Corsini Laurette Polmanss |
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Cécile de France Izïa Higelin Noémie Lvovsky |
| Music by | Grégoire Hetzel |
| Cinematography | Jeanne Lapoirie |
| Edited by | Frédéric Baillehaiche |
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| Distributed by | Pyramide Distribution |
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105 minutes |
| Country | France Belgium |
| Language | French |
| Budget | €4.8 million |
| Box office | $2.2 million |
Summertime (original title: La Belle Saison) is a 2015 French-Belgian romantic drama film directed by Catherine Corsini, co-written with Laurette Polmanss. The film stars Cécile de France, Izïa Higelin and Noémie Lvovsky. It premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival, where it won the Variety Piazza Grande Award.
Set in 1971, Delphine (Higelin), the daughter of farmers in countryside France, decides to move to Paris in attempts to find her own life outside of her parents' influence. After helping some feminists escape some trouble, she meets Carole (de France), who introduces her into helping their cause. Delphine introduces Carole into a whole other world as well.
Principal photography took place in Limousin and in Paris from 22 July to 16 September 2014.
Muriel Del Don of Cineuropa writes "upbeat and majestic with tragic undertones", the film is a "real emotional odyssey in which passion seems to conquer all, even the most tenacious of prejudices".
In a review for Variety, Peter Debruge called it a "luminous, golden-hued period piece" and a "beautifully realized tearjerker".
Reviewing it for The Hollywood Reporter, Boyd van Hoeij said that "Though the narrative somewhat awkwardly morphs from a period drama about the French women's liberation movement in early 1970s to a more rural melodrama about being closeted and choosing between duty and family and personal happiness, the story is anchored by strong performances from Cécile de France and Izïa Higelin, who have a natural chemistry that’s not only credible but actually infectious."
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