One Deadly Summer (1983)

Original title

L'Été meurtrier

Directed by

Jean Becker

Genre

drama film, erotic film

Country

France

Runtime

2h 10m

Rated

R

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 235 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman with a hidden agenda marries a mechanic in a small French town. Her past traumas surface and drive a chain of devastating events.

intensemelancholicslow-burneroticmoodydarktenseemotionally charged

What happens

One Deadly Summer (French: L'Été meurtrier) is a 1983 French drama film directed by Jean Becker from a screenplay by Sébastien Japrisot, based on Japrisot's 1977 novel of the same name. Isabelle Adjani won a César Award for Best Actress for her performance in this film. The film was successful in France, gaining 5,137,040 admissions and becoming the second highest-grossing film of the year. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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