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A Summer's Tale is one of those movies where it looks like nothing is happening ...
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
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A Summer's Tale
Overview
Awaiting his girlfriend Léna’s arrival at the Breton seaside resort of Dinard, Gaspard befriends — and flirts heavily with — two other women, the companionable ethnology student Margot and the sensual townie Solène, making for a rather complicated situation when Léna finally arrives.
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98%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Few directors could say as much with as little as Eric Rohmer.
Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader
Fresh
There's a purity to the experience of watching a film so naturalistic, like living in someone else's life for two hours.
Barbara VanDenburgh, Arizona Republic
Fresh
The best films leave space for viewers to interpret the action. Here Rohmer insists on it.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh
This is a movie of high innocence, set at a time in life when romantic love is still a frolic and the seaside is a balm that quells all ills.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
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