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Summer Hours

2008 · 103 min

A quietly observant, bittersweet meditation on family and memory that unfolds with gentle, lingering warmth.

Directed by: Olivier Assayas
Genres: Drama
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Charles Berling, Jérémie Renier

Overview: After the death of a septuagenarian woman, her three children deliberate over what to do with her estate.

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Directed by: Olivier Assayas
Genres: Drama
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Charles Berling, Jérémie Renier

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
grief
memory
class
aging
Places: single country house
big city
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	0
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	9
Romance	2
Tension	2
Darkness	3
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Olivier Assayas
Written by: Olivier Assayas
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Charles Berling, Jérémie Renier, Édith Scob, Dominique Reymond, Valérie Bonneton, Isabelle Sadoyan, Kyle Eastwood
Cinematography: Éric Gautier
Runtime: 103 min
Country: France
Languages: French

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