Rent One Deadly Summer (1983)
3.6 of 5 from 105 ratings
2h 8min
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- Synopsis:
- Isabelle Adjani plays Elle, a provocative 19-year-old whose move, with her mother and sick father, to a sleepy Provence village sets the locals afire with lust and gossip. She soon finds a suitor in gentle Pin-Pon (Alain Souchon), the local mechanic, and they marry shortly after. Then the tone shifts, when a dark secret emerges from her past, the film becomes more complex and Adjani's character reveals a disturbing side as she manipulates events and men in order to seek revenge for an outrage inflicted in her childhood...
- Actors:
- Isabelle Adjani, Alain Souchon, Suzanne Flon, Jenny Clève, Maria Machado, Evelyne Didi, Jean Gaven, François Cluzet, Manuel Gélin, Roger Carel, Michel Galabru, Marie-Pierre Casey, Cécile Vassort, Edith Scob, Virginie Vignon, Martin Lamotte, Yves Afonso, Raymond Meunier, Jacques Dynam, Jacques Nolot
- Directors:
- Jean Becker
- Producers:
- Christine Beyout
- Writers:
- Sébastien Japrisot
- Aka:
- L'été meurtrier
- Studio:
- Nouveaux Pictures
- Genres:
- Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Top 10 Cycling Films, Top Films
- Countries:
- France
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 22/07/2019
- Run Time:
- 133 minutes
- Languages:
- French Dolby Digital 1.0, French LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Interview with the Director Jean Becker on Making 'One Deadly Summer' (28')
- Documentary on Sébastien Japrisot, author of the original novel and scriptwriter of the film (43')
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Reviews (2) of One Deadly Summer
A very Satisfying French Thriller... - One Deadly Summer review by sw
I just thought I'd pop in a comment on this very satisfying French thriller considering that their were non here.
The first 20 minutes suggest this film is going to be a typical French, rural set, sexy comedy of sorts however the thriller element slowly builds and ramps up to a to tense and satisfying conclusion.
Just a word on the mesmerising performance of Isabelle Adjani... She delivers a mighty turn as the troubled but gorgeous femme fatale / heroine. The film is worth seeing just for her quite brilliant acting and jaw-dropping beauty. 8/10.
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More Shrug Than Gut-Punch - One Deadly Summer review by griggs
Isabelle Adjani carries this on pure will. One scene she's furious, the next she's wounded, then cold and calculating — sometimes all three within a minute — and it never once looks like acting.
I liked the structure more than I expected to, and it's not the Rashomon trick people keep comparing it to. Nobody's replaying the same afternoon from a different angle. It's more like the story gets handed off between different heads as the summer moves forward, each one holding a piece the last one didn't have.
The village does its own quiet work — sunny, golden, the sort of place where everyone knows everyone's business, with some nasty history sitting underneath it. And nobody in the supporting cast is just standing around waiting for their close-up with Adjani.
The trouble is the ending doesn't land the way two hours of dread promises. It builds and builds, then the payoff feels more like a shrug.
Pacing's fine though. I was never bored, just wanting a stronger finish.
The trip's better than the destination.
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