AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Borgarkeri A bit overrated, but still an amazing film

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

ksf-2 A Summer's Tale, or the French "Conte d'été"... wonder if it has the same double entendré en francias. Gaspard is vacationing by the sea before starting his new engineer job, and he hopes to meet up with the girl he had known before. He is head over heels for her, or at least the idea of her, and pines for her. Of course he meets up with a local girl, who may or may not be just a friend... and suddenly, there's yet more opportunities and connections in the picture. This story starts out as a lesson in bad timing; you meet someone and have immediate sparks, but you are not completely available and open to the new acquaintance. This part of the adventure spoke to me personally, as I was in the same position. Then, things get more complicated, and Gaspard is more of a player than he let on originally. The local girl Margot is brutally honest, and patient, up to a point. She tells it like it is, and doesn't play games, which Gaspard admires. Now it's all up to Gaspard... who will he choose? How honest will he be with his friends and lovers? Fun, interesting, intellectual story of relationships, honesty, missed connections. Very well done. One of the "Stories of Four Seasons" by Éric Rohmer, who passed away in 2010. Well written, well directed. Currently showing on Fandor Channel. Stars Melvil Poupaud as Gaspard.

Armand Summer. A boy. Three girls. And some small decisions. A delicate vision about the form of gesture. About self-definition. And about the things who makes a way more than intention. It may be understand as love-story, comedy or french movie who describe nothing with a rain of words. But, in fact, is only a mirror. An insignificant question about life as spider web. And definition of love's nuances. At first sight, the problems presented are parts of a single age. In fact, they are only roots. Minimalistic and refreshing, as a summer morning, it is a good occasion to define personal word and causes of decisions. Slowly, at leisure. A phone call may be the perfect answer.

Howard Schumann Eric Rohmer's characters are often irritating and insufferable, yet they can likewise be charming and utterly irresistible. In A Tale of Summer, Gaspard (Melvil Poupaud) acts like a grown up teenager who likes to play at love but is unwilling to make commitments, finding himself unable to honestly express his feelings to three women he meets at a seaside resort. Like so many Rohmer films, the story takes place at a time when the characters have nothing to do but meet and talk and idle the days away, and you can be certain there is plenty of talk. Gaspar is a tall, slender young guitar player who comes to Brittany on vacation from his job as a mathematician and spends time by himself composing and playing music.Pausing long enough to get out and see the town, Gaspar meets Margot (Amanda Langlet) an ethnologist working in a local restaurant. He develops a relationship with Margot but it is all very platonic as Margot is waiting for her boyfriend to return from the Peace Corps and Gaspard says that he is waiting for the arrival of his girl friend Lena, vacationing with her cousins in Spain. Margot and Gaspard take long walks in the French countryside and engage in witty and intelligent conversation about relationships, jealousy, and sex and they seem well suited for each other but each avoids an emotional connection. At Margot's suggestion Gaspar meets another girl, Solene (Gwenaelle Simon), at a disco and they share a love for music but Solene becomes demanding when Gaspar is reluctant to make a commitment to take her on a trip to a nearby island.His ego is strengthened by Solene's attraction to him, but when Lena finally shows up, he must deal with her mercurial temperament, especially when she tells him that he is not worthy of her. Eventually, the young man digs himself quite a hole as he makes the same promise to all three women and is fearful of confronting them to explain. A Tale of Summer is one of Rohmer's lighter films and I found it to be a lovely and engaging way to spend two hours. Though his characters have plenty of flaws that are all too apparent, Rohmer does not judge or evaluate them but accepts them the way that they are -- so, for all their faults, I suppose we should as well.

m67165 This is about a guy and the three girls he is seeing during summer in the French seaside. He seems unable or unwilling to be clear about his emotional life. So do the girls, each in their own way. This is a movie with lots of talking, and not much high intensity. You do get some uneasy scenes, and it does manage to get you curious about the outcome: who will he eventually choose? I suppose the director wanted to do a movie about the confused feelings of some young people of today. Anyway, the actors are beautiful, and so is the seashore. I found it, in the end, quite uplifting.