Lumière d'été

1943Movie⏱️ 1h 52m

Drama

⭐ 6.8

IMDB Rating

718 votes

A shimmering glass hotel at the top of a remote Provençal mountain provides the setting for a tragicomic tapestry about an obsessive love pentangle.

Director

Jean Grémillon

Writers

Pierre Laroche, Jacques Prévert

Stars

Madeleine Renaud, Pierre Brasseur, Madeleine Robinson

Release Date

May 26, 1943

Language

French

Country

France

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Reviews

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🎭 Top Cast

Madeleine Renaud

as Cricri

Pierre Brasseur

as Roland

Madeleine Robinson

as Michèle Lagarde

Paul Bernard

as Patrice Le Verdier

Georges Marchal

as Julien

Léonce Corne

as Tonton

Charles Blavette

as Vincent

Jane Marken

as Louise Martinet

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Henri Pons

as Amédée

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Gérard Lecomte

as Dany

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

1.37 : 1

Color

Black and White

Filming Location

Barrage de l'Aigle, Soursac, Corrèze, France

Production

Credit National, Films André Paulvé

🏷️ Keywords

boy girl relationshiploveshakespearean quotationreference to william shakespearesouthern alps

🎯 Categories

FrenchDrama

⭐ Featured Review

Three Into Two Won't Go

by boblipton • 2024-06-02

6/10

"Madeleine Robinson comes to the glass-roofed hotel in mountainous Provence to be with her lover, painter Pierre Brasseur. He's not there, being involved in an artistic disaster in Paris. When he shows up, he's drunk and self-pitying. Not so Georges Marchal, who has already wandered into her room by accident, gotten a passionate kiss from her, and fallen in love. Neither is Paul Bernard, who owns the castle next door and drops in for a drink. Soon, Bernard has invited Brasseur to come paint a big room for him, and Mlle Robinson, too. He agrees to Brasseur's stupidest idea, gets h..."