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One Deadly Summer (1983)

Original title: L'Été meurtrier

R · 1983-05-11 · 2h 10m · FR
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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?

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Jean BeckerDirectorSébastien JaprisotWriter

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Isabelle AdjaniIsabelle AdjaniEliane Wieck, aka 'Elle'Alain SouchonAlain SouchonFiorimonto Montecciari, aka 'Pin-Pon'Suzanne FlonSuzanne FlonNine, aka 'Cognata'Jenny ClèveJenny ClèveMrs. Montecciari, Pin-Pon's MotherMaria MachadoMaria MachadoPaula Wieck Devigne, aka 'Eva Braun', Eliane's motherEvelyne DidiEvelyne DidiMiss Dieu, aka 'Calamité', schoolmistress of ElianeJean GavenJean GavenLeballech, boss of the sawmillFrançois CluzetFrançois CluzetMickey, brother of Pin-PonManuel GélinManuel GélinBoubou, brother of Pin-PonRoger CarelRoger CarelHenri, aka 'Henri IV', owner of Pin-PonMichel GalabruMichel GalabruGabriel Devigne, Eliane's fatherMarie-Pierre CaseyMarie-Pierre CaseyMs. Tussaud, nurse

Keywords

MurderSummerAbandoned houseRape and revengeSensuality

Movie DNA

Genre affinityDrama · MysteryTheme affinityMurder · Summer · Abandoned HouseNarrative complexityMysteryDialogue densityDramaPacingLongDirector preference332296

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What is One Deadly Summer 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?

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One Deadly Summer has a runtime of 130 minutes.

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