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A Summer's Tale

1996 · 114 min

Sunlit, talky and unhurried, like eavesdropping on a charmingly indecisive young man's seaside summer of small flirtations and quiet self-discovery.

Overview: Awaiting his girlfriend Léna’s arrival at the Breton seaside resort of Dinard, Gaspard befriends — and flirts heavily with — two other women, the companionable ethnology student Margot and the sensual townie Solène, making for a rather complicated situation when Léna finally arrives.

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 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: love
coming-of-age
identity
friendship
deception
Places: sea
small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	5
Realism	9
Romance	7
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: romance, drama, comedy
Directed by: Éric Rohmer
Written by: Éric Rohmer
Starring: Melvil Poupaud, Amanda Langlet, Gwenaëlle Simon, Aurelia Nolin, Aimé Lefèvre, Alain Guellaff, Evelyne Lahana, Yves Guérin
Music: Philippe Eidel, Sébastien Erms
Cinematography: Diane Baratier
Runtime: 114 min
Country: France
Languages: French

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