A Burning Hot Summer

– Paul reflects on the summer he met Angèle and Frédéric as he watches his friend being laid to res..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
5.00 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 35 Minutes
Release Year:
2011
Original Name:
Un été brûlant
A Burning Hot Summer (2011) - Also known as Un été brûlant

Paul reflects on the summer he met Angèle and Frédéric as he watches his friend being laid to rest.

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A Burning Hot Summer (2011) - Trailer

Release Date:

29 Jun 2012

Language:

French, Italian, English

MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated

Director:

Philippe Garrel

Writer:

Marc Cholodenko (scenario), Caroline Deruas-Garrel (scenario), Philippe Garrel (scenario)

Main Actors:

Monica Bellucci, Louis Garrel, Céline Sallette, Jérôme Robart

Plot:

Frédéric and Angèle are a married couple, he a painter, she an actress of some renown who gave up her career to be with him. She is a woman who most men desire. Struggling actors Paul and Élisabeth, neither who has any money, start to date after they meet as extras on a movie set. Shortly before Paul and Élisabeth met, Frédéric and Paul became friends after being introduced by a mutual acquaintance. By association, all four become friends, especially strengthened when Paul and Élisabeth decide to move into Frédéric and Angèle's spacious apartment in Rome. Following an attempted suicide by Frédéric, Paul reflects on the friendship between the four. Because of physical proximity, they couldn't help but become closer emotionally. So whenever something happened within one of their lives, either directly concerning one or more of the others or not, it couldn't help but affect the other three, the battle lines more often drawn not by couple but by gender.

Awards:

1 nomination.

Production:

IFC Films

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
5.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
55%
Metacritic:
62%