Summer Things (15)
From the Echo, first published Friday 17th Oct 2003.
THE delightfully-complicated ways of love come under the microscope in writer-director Michael Blanc's accomplished romantic comedy about a acquaintances who go on holiday together to confront their relationships with each other.
There's a family who have lost their baby and all their money yet pretend to the others they can still afford to live well, a middle-aged couple who separate for the first time on holiday and find new and surprising emotional experiences, a jealous husband who makes his wife's life hell, a young mother looking for love and a man who takes his boss' daughter on holiday only to be let down by her.
Charlotte Rampling, Jacques Dutronc and Michel Blanc top an impressive ensemble cast in a moving and often hilarious examination of what makes love tick.
Trivia: French singer- turned-actor Jacques Dutronc won a Cesar for his portrayal of Vincent van Gogh in the 1992 movie Van Gogh. He is married to singer Francoise Hardy.
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