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  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 45 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 45 m

Summary In 1971 France, Delphine (Izïa Higelin), the daughter of farmers, moves to Paris to break free from her rural lifestyle and to gain financial independence. There, she meets Carole (Cécile De France), a Parisian actively involved in the stirrings of the feminist movement who also has a boyfriend. The two women engage in an affair that tur...

Directed By: Catherine Corsini

Written By: Laurette Polmanss, Catherine Corsini

  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 45 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 45 m

Summertime

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
72
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
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Summary In 1971 France, Delphine (Izïa Higelin), the daughter of farmers, moves to Paris to break free from her rural lifestyle and to gain financial independence. There, she meets Carole (Cécile De France), a Parisian actively involved in the stirrings of the feminist movement who also has a boyfriend. The two women engage in an affair that tur...

Directed By: Catherine Corsini

Written By: Laurette Polmanss, Catherine Corsini

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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75% Positive
12 Reviews
19% Mixed
3 Reviews
6% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
72
75% Positive
12 Reviews
19% Mixed
3 Reviews
6% Negative
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90
Jul 21, 2016
Artfully calculated and authentically felt, the unexpectedly effective Summertime combines the conventional structure of classic movie romance with a sensual same-sex frankness that couldn't be more up-to-date.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
83
Jul 20, 2016
While a romance on its surface, Catherine Corsini‘s Summertime is really about freedom.
By Jared Mobarak FULL REVIEW
80
Jul 19, 2016
Summertime celebrates the unique couple’s chemistry, allowing their smiles to convey the transformative effect they have on one another.
By Peter Debruge FULL REVIEW
70
Jul 19, 2016
The radiant, heartfelt performances from Izia Higelin and Cecile De France make you care about the final outcome even when you feel you know exactly where Summertime might be headed.
By Allan Hunter FULL REVIEW
67
Jul 20, 2016
Everything onscreen still feels credible, but forbidden-love stories are as predictable as the changing of the seasons. Summertime had briefly seemed to promise something more mercurial.
By Mike D'Angelo FULL REVIEW
60
Jul 19, 2016
It is well acted, well shot, earnest and high-minded in its eroticism, but with a certain Mills-and-Boony-swoony-ness that creates something unsubversive in the love affair itself.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW
38
Jul 27, 2016
Two dull people have a dull love affair in Summertime, a French drama that drags on like an August afternoon.
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
6.6
75% Positive
6 Ratings
13% Mixed
1 Rating
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Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
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75% Positive
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13% Mixed
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13% Negative
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Production Company Chaz Productions, France 3 Cinéma, Artémis Productions, Canal+, France Télévisions, Orange Cinéma Séries, Pyramide Productions, Jouror Productions, Tax Shelter Film Funding, Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge, Indéfilms 3, Soficinéma 11, Cinémage 9, Région Limousin, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Ciné 8
Release Date Jul 22, 2016
Duration 1 h 45 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.summertimefilm.co.uk/
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Awards

Lumiere Awards, France
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
César Awards, France
• 2 Nominations

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