A Summer’s Tale
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“Friendship is serious. Maybe more than love"
Overview
Simmeringly sweet, and timelessly tranquil, A Summer’s Tale is Éric Rohmer’s loosely autobiographical third entry in his Tales of the Four Seasons series. Musician and mathematics graduate Gaspar (Melvil Poupaud) arrives at the seaside town of Dinard hoping to reunite with his on-and-off-girlfriend Léna (Aurelia Nolin). As he waits for her arrival, Gaspard wanders and writes music before befriending Margot (Amanda Langlet), a cheerful waitress and ethnologist. As a friendship blazes with a flicker of attraction between the two, matters complicate when Gaspard begins seeing Margot’s friend Solène (Gwenaëlle Simon). When Léna finally arrives, Gaspard finds himself stuck in the middle of a confused web of friendships, flames and promises.
Why You Should See This Film
One of our favourite Rohmer creations, A Summer’s Tale is a late career masterpiece shot on the stunningly scenic coast of Brittany, seemingly a decade out of time – one can hardly tell it’s the 90s’ in the French New Wave auteur’s world. Somewhat based on the relationships of his youth, Rohmer studies the social complexities of young love and fleeting friendship here in marvellously minimal cinematic style, leaving room for actors to exist naturally in the effortlessly picturesque frames.
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