A Summer's Tale (1996)

Original title

Conte d'été

Directed by

Éric Rohmer

Genre

comedy film, comedy drama

Country

France

Runtime

1h 53m

Rated

12+

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 267 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man on summer vacation in Brittany gets entangled with three different women. He navigates romantic indecision and his own insecurities during a series of long conversations at the beach.

conversationalleisurelyromanticintrospectivesunnyunderstatedthoughtfullighthearted

What happens

A Summer's Tale (French: Conte D'Été) is a 1996 French romantic comedy film written and directed by Éric Rohmer. It is the third film in his Contes des quatre saisons (Tales of the Four Seasons) series, after A Tale of Springtime (1990) and A Tale of Winter (1992) and before Autumn Tale (1998). A Summer's Tale stars Amanda Langlet, Melvil Poupaud, Aurélia Nolin, and Gwenaëlle Simon. The plot is loosely based on Rohmer's experiences and relationships as a young film student. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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