Summer (1986)
"Le rayon vert" (original title)

It's July, and Delphine has nowhere to go for the summer. She feels very bored and "empty", but this won't last; one day she accidently meets someone who seems to be totally made for her...

Director:

Eric Rohmer

Writers:

Marie Rivière (collaboration), Eric Rohmer (scenario)

Stars:

Marie Rivière, Amira Chemakhi, Sylvie Richez

4 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Marie Rivière	...	Delphine
Amira Chemakhi	...	in Paris
Sylvie Richez	...	in Paris
María Luisa García	...	Manuella in Paris (as Lisa Hérédia)
Basile Gervaise	...	in Paris
Virginie Gervaise	...	in Paris
René Hernandez	...	in Paris
Dominique Rivière	...	in Paris
Claude Jullien	...	in Paris
Alaric Jullien	...	in Paris
Laetitia Riviere	...	in Paris
Isabelle Rivière	...	in Paris
Béatrice Romand	...	Beatrice in Paris
Rosette	...	Françoise in Paris
Marcello Pezzutto	...	in Paris

Storyline

Delphine's traveling companion cancels two weeks before her holiday, so Delphine, a Parisian secretary, is at loose ends. She doesn't want to travel by herself, but has no boyfriend and seems unable to meet new people. A friend takes her to Cherbourg; after a few days there, the weepy and self-pitying Delphine goes back to Paris. She tries the Alps, but returns the same day. Next, it's the beach: once there, she chats with an outgoing Swede, a party girl, and a friendship seems to bud; then, suddenly, Delphine bolts, heading back to Paris. As she waits at the Biarritz train station, a young man catches her eye; perhaps a sunset and the sun's green ray await.

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Plot Keywords:

beach | sunset | secretary | hot pants | normandy | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

29 August 1986 (USA)

Also Known As:

Summer

Filming Locations:

Biarritz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$732 (USA) (26 August 2011)

Gross:

$37,455 (USA) (9 December 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, P.T.T., Les Films du Losange

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Delphine: I'm not very operational in life.

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Connections

Follows The Aviator's Wife (1981)

User Reviews

The feeling of loneliness shown in its most natural & beautiful way

Rohmer´s movies show ordinary people in common situations,

discovering the magic, the loneliness, the doubts and passions that hide behind the dull façade of modernity. There are no superstars, there´s no great music, there aren't magnificent dialogues, just real, natural, ordinary images that become extraordinary precisely because of their simplicity. In the "Rayon Vert", the image of a young woman hearing the noise of the wind in a rural landscape that brings her face to face with the dreaded consciousness of her loneliness, is one of the greatest movie scenes I´ve seen in my life.