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Actors: Charlotte Rampling, Jacques Dutronc, Carole Bouquet, Michel Blanc, Karin Viard, Denis Podalydès, Clotilde Courau
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Summer Things |
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SUMMER THINGS (Embrassez qui vous voudrez) was written and directed by the French filmmaker Michel Blanc in 2002. Karin Viard earned the 2003 French Academy award in the Best Supporting Actress category for her performance.
The setting is the summer resort of Le Touquet, France. In this comedy of manners, Elizabeth Lannier (Rampling) shares an hotel room with her friend Julie (Courau) while her husband Bertrand (Dutronc) is staying in Paris and having an homosexual affair. Julie meets the womanizer Maxime in the hotel lobby and will spend the week with him. Elizabeth makes the acquaintance of Lulu (Bouquet), a woman harassed by her husband Jean-Pierre (Blanc) who's obsessed by the idea that his wife is cheating on him. In the meantime, Elizabeth and Bertrand's daughter, Emilie, spends the holiday in Chicago in the company of the man who sat next to her in the airplane.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Summer Things |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- inconveniently married while playing footsy
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Kind of sex:
- Two guys MAKING OUT (squish squish!)
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- homemaker/wife
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type
- (woman) average
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- bald
Hair type
- (man) bald
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Dumb
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- touching of personal anatomy
- actual description of sex
- seeing breasts
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Is this movie based on a
- book
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