2012
Not Rated
Sundance Selects
1 h 35 m

2012
Not Rated
Sundance Selects
1 h 35 m

Summary On a burning summer’s night, a sports car crashes headlong into a tree. The previous year, Paul meets and befriends the painter Frédéric through a mutual friend. Frédéric is deeply in love with the actress Angèle. Paul watches that love turn into a dangerous obsession that will threaten his friend's sanity and future. (IFC Film)

Drama

Directed By: Philippe Garrel

Written By: Marc Cholodenko, Caroline Deruas-Garrel, Philippe Garrel

2012
Not Rated
Sundance Selects
1 h 35 m

2012
Not Rated
Sundance Selects
1 h 35 m

A Burning Hot Summer

Name: A Burning Hot Summer
Genre: Drama
Released: 2012-06-29
Duration: 1 min 35 s
Rating: 62
Cast: Monica Bellucci, Louis Garrel, Céline Sallette, Jérôme Robart, Vladislav Galard

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings

6.4

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Directed By: Philippe Garrel

Written By: Marc Cholodenko, Caroline Deruas-Garrel, Philippe Garrel

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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews

50% Positive
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17% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews

50% Positive
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The New York Times

Jun 28, 2012

In A Burning Hot Summer (a pulpy title that sounds better in the original, "Un Été Brûlant), two men fall into friendship, and while little happens, everything is at stake.

By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW

Time Out

Jun 26, 2012

There are subtler, more allusive films about stormy conflicts of the heart, but A Burning Hot Summer wisely knows when and how to surgically slice directly to the bone. It's a bad romance of the highest order.

By Eric Hynes FULL REVIEW

Village Voice

Jun 26, 2012

Although Angèle's religious faith and Frédéric's belief in luck seem like strained attempts at adding heft to the material, the film nevertheless works up a potent dramatic restlessness, derived from the push-pull between an entitled, obsessive Frédéric and Bellucci's quietly chaotic Angèle.

By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW

Chicago Sun-Times

Jul 11, 2012

A Burning Hot Summer failed to persuade me of any reason for its existence.

By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW

Slant Magazine

Jun 26, 2012

The Louis Garrel character's mixture of self-containment and alleged possessiveness over his wife fails to convince, if not to irritate.

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New York Post

Jun 29, 2012

It's apt that the Rome weather in this stodgy film, contrary to the title, seems quite temperate.

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Production Company Rectangle Productions, Wild Bunch, Faro Film (II), Prince Film, Canal+, Ciné+, Eurimages, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), La Région Île-de-France, Cinémage 5, Cofinova 4, Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep), Angoa-Agicoa, RSI-Radiotelevisione Svizzera, SRG - SSR, Office Fédéral de la Culture, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali (MiBAC)

Release Date Jun 29, 2012

Duration 1 h 35 m

Rating Not Rated

Genres

Drama

Website http://www.unetebrulant.com/

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Venice Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

Cahiers du Cinéma

• 1 Nomination

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Monica Bellucci

Angèle, Frédéric's wife

Louis Garrel

Frédéric, Angèle's husband

Céline Sallette

Élisabeth, Paul's girlfriend

Jérôme Robart

Paul, Élisabeth's boyfriend

Vladislav Galard

Roland, Frédéric's friend

Vincent Macaigne

Achille, Frédéric's friend

Damien Mongin

Damien, l'ami commun-mutual friend

Maurice Garrel

Le grand-père

Benjamin Abitan

Un soldat, A soldier

Anthony Audoux

Danseur

Julien Bouanich

Un soldat

Romain Canonne

Un soldat

Jean-Charles Clichet

Un soldat

Rodolphe Congé

Un soldat

Grégory Fitoussi

Lepartenare du film d'époque

Jean-Luc Guillotin

Le sergent

Cyrille Hertel

Un soldat

Nicolas Martel

Premier danseur

Frédéric Noaille

Un soldat

Fannie Outeiro

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