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(aka "La belle saison" or "Summertime")
directed by Catherine Corsini
France/Belgium 2015
Growing up on her family's farm, Delphine (Izïa Higelin) cannot imagine living anywhere else or doing anything else but being a farmer; that includes not getting married to childhood friend Antoine (Kévin Azaïs, LOVE AT FIRST FIGHT) and having children. When her secret lover is married off, however, Delphine goes to work for a factory in Paris. By chance, she meets Spanish teacher Carole (Cécile De France, HIGH TENSION) and is motivated more by desire than shared values (her own present but unarticulated) to join the women's rights group at the college who are making a splash as provocateurs labeled "bitches" and "exhibitionists" by the male-dominated press. Delphine makes the first move on Carole - who lives with revolutionary boyfriend Manuel (Benjamin Bellecour) - amidst the revelry of springing a gay man committed to an asylum by his parents, throwing the older, more worldly woman for a loop. Confiding her weakness and looking for sympathy from increasingly alienated Manuel, Carole starts seeing Delphine for a string of cover assignations. When Delphine receives word from home that her father (Jean-Henri Compère) has fallen ill, she abruptly returns home to run the farm and prevent her mother (Noémie Lvovsky) from selling it. Carole visits Delphine in the countryside, but there it is Delphine who insists on secrecy lest her mother and the locals find out. When Carole presses Delphine to chose between her and the farm, she must also consider leaving behind her parents and the farm to love without shame and pursue hers and Carole's shared ideals. |
Theatrical Release: 19 August 2015 (France)
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DVD Review: Strand Releasing - Region 1 - NTSC
Big thanks to Eric Cotenas for the Review!
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Runtime | 1:45:32 | |
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Audio | French Dolby Digital 5.1 | |
Subtitles | English, none | |
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Information: Studio: Strand Releasing
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Details: Chapters 8 |
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Strand provides a satisfying high-bitrate, progressive, anamorphic encode of this Arri Alexa-photographed film, with the occasional softness and overall warm tones evoking a sense of nostalgia for the film's historical setting. The optional English subtitles are free of any obvious errors. The only extras are a trailer for the film and some previews. |
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