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Lumière d'été (1943)

Lumière d'été poster
Directed by
Jean Grémillon
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 52m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 19 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman is caught between two men during a summer holiday in a remote hotel. She must decide between a cynical engineer and a mysterious drifter as secrets and passions surface.

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What happens

Summer Light (French: Lumière d'été) is a 1943 French drama film directed by Jean Grémillon and starring Madeleine Renaud, Pierre Brasseur and Madeleine Robinson. It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice and on location in Soursac. The film's sets were designed by the art director André Barsacq. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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