One Deadly Summer ( L'été meurtrier ) ( 1 Deadly Summer )

One Deadly Summer (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: L'été meurtrier
Alternate Title: 1 Deadly Summer
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Ceasar Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
128 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Uncut
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1983 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Jean Becker

Written By:
Jean Becker
Sébastien Japrisot

Actors:
Alain Souchon ..... Florimond, dit 'Pin-Pon'
Cécile Vassort ..... Lady Doctor
Edith Scob
Evelyne Didi ..... Calamité
François Cluzet ..... Mickey
Isabelle Adjani ..... Eliane dite 'Elle'
Jean Gaven ..... Leballech
Jenny Clève ..... Pin Pon's Mother
Manuel Gélin ..... Boubou
Maria Machado ..... Eva Braun (Eliane's Mother)
Marie-Pierre Casey ..... Josette
Michel Galabru ..... Gabriel (Eliane's Father)
Roger Carel ..... Henri IV
Suzanne Flon ..... Cognata
Virginie Vignon

Synopsis:

It is high summer in the south of France and one family's peace is about to be disturbed by Elle (Isabelle Adjani), a young woman with revenge on her mind. Elle is a beautiful, moody and unsettlingly provocative 19-year-old, who returns to the quiet Provence village of her birth to look after her crippled father and German mother. Initially, her arousing presence enlivens the usually staid village, captivating the young men, Pin Pon (Alain Souchon), in particular. But as Elle gradually becomes a part of village life, a more sinister motive for her homecoming begins to emerge... Jean Becker's 'One Deadly Summer' is a gripping, psychological thriller, a story of sex and obsession amidst the beautiful Provence countryside with Isabelle Adjani giving an award winning, career defining performance as the manipulative and cunning Elle.

In this tragic tale of misunderstanding, obsession, and increasing madness, 'she,' a beautiful young woman (Isabelle Adjani) settles into a small town in the south of France with her introverted mother (Maria Machado) and physically handicapped father and soon becomes the subject of wild speculation because of her aloofness and at the same time, her obvious sexuality. The young woman is actually caught up in the desire to avenge the long-ago rape of her mother, a rape committed by three Italian immigrants, one of whom is associated with a player piano. An attractive car mechanic (Alain Souchon) is enamored of her, and the woman suddenly sees him in a different light when she learns that his father, now dead, was an Italian immigrant who owned a player piano. Intent on taking action against the mechanic's family to right the wrong suffered by her mother, the daughter begins to lose her grip on sanity when she finds out that the men she suspects of the rape are actually innocent. In fact, her father long ago exacted his own vengeance on the three rapists. This knowledge pushes her over the edge, and she has to be institutionalized. Meanwhile, the young mechanic misunderstands what has happened and sets in motion events that cannot but lead to tragedy. L'Été Meurtier garnered four different Cesars in the 1983 competition: 'Best Actress' (Isabelle Adjani), 'Best Supporting Actress' (Suzanne Flon), 'Best Original Screenplay,' and 'Best Editing.'

In spring 1976, a 19-year-old beauty, her German-born mother, and her crippled father move to the town of a firefighter nicknamed Pin-Pon. Everyone notices the provocative Eliane. She singles out Pin-Pon and soon is crying on his shoulder (she's myopic and hates her reputation as a dunce and as easy); she moves in with him, knits baby clothes, and plans their wedding. Is this love or some kind of plot? She asks Pin-Pon's mother and aunt about the piano in the barn: who delivered it on a November night in 1955? Why does she want to know, and what does it have to do with her mother's sorrows, her father's injury, this quick marriage, and the last name on her birth certificate?

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 17 June, 2008.

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