One Deadly Summer (1983): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1983, One Deadly Summer is a drama and mystery film directed by Jean Becker, running about 130 minutes.

What it’s about. 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?

Who’s in it. One Deadly Summer stars Isabelle Adjani as Eliane Wieck, aka 'Elle', Alain Souchon as Fiorimonto Montecciari, aka 'Pin-Pon', Suzanne Flon as Nine, aka 'Cognata' and Jenny Clève as Mrs. Montecciari, Pin-Pon's Mother, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.9/10, One Deadly Summer has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In GB you can stream it on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads and rent or buy it from Amazon Video. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch One Deadly Summer page.

If you liked it. Fans of One Deadly Summer tend to enjoy The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, Schindler's List and The Godfather Part II.