A Summer's Tale

This funny „minimalist“ story, in which there is always talking and chatting, reveals in an authentic way, in banal conversations, the emotional life of the young protagonists, their views on love, on the relationship between men and women and on friendship.

Conte d'été
France 1996
  • Czech
114 min.
12+
  • This film is available until 31. 8. 2025 in these territories: Czechia, Slovakia.
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Shy maths graduate Gaspard spends three weeks of his holidays in and around Dinard, Brittany. His only hobbies are playing the guitar and writing songs. Gaspard gradually gets to know the energetic ethnology student Margot, the whimsical and frivolous Léna and the carefree and factual Solene. Each is different, each attracts and repels Gaspard in some way. And so Gaspard wades through relationships on the brink of friendship and love, just as he wades through the shallow Breton sea.

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Credits
Director: Éric Rohmer
Screenplay: Éric Rohmer
Cinematography: Diane Baratier
Music: Philippe Eidel, Sébastien Erms
Sound: Pascal Ribier
Editing: Mary Stephen
Producer: Françoise Etchegaray, Margaret Ménégoz
Cast: Melvil Poupaud, Amanda Langlet, Gwenaëlle Simon, Aurelia Nolin
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  • This film is available until 31. 8. 2025 in these territories: Czechia, Slovakia.