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Summer Hours
Comedy, Drama, Family - 2008
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Two brothers and a sister witness the disappearance of their childhood memories when they must relinquish the family belongings to ensure their deceased mother's succession.
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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
100 min
Release date:
5 Mar 2008
Country:
FR
Languages:
French
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
8 wins & 23 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Performances in this small and profoundly eloquent film are superb, yet none redirects attention from Assayas's earnest meditation on the ravaging effects of a shrinking world on family traditions and entrenched personal relationships.
– Greg Quill,
Toronto Star,
19 Jun 2009
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Where a Hollywood film of a family feuding over a fabulous estate would surely end with a slapped face and an infantry charge of lawyers, Assayas's work concludes with a smile and a shrug. Life goes on. What else can it do?
– Stephen Cole,
Globe and Mail,
19 Jun 2009
fresh:
Evocative look at a family trying to decide what to do with its treasures.
– Ray Bennett,
Hollywood Reporter,
19 Jun 2009
fresh:
n Summer Hours, Olivier Assayas's gently provocative rumination on family and possessions, a trio of siblings wrestles with the problem of what to do with the old homestead once Mother is gone.
– Jonathan F. Richards,
Film.com,
23 Aug 2009
fresh:
Assayas' script is more allusive than demonstrative, with a distinct whiff of Eric Rohmer in its conversational blocks separated by fadeouts.
– Derek Elley,
Variety,
16 Dec 2009
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