L'été en pente douce (1987)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Gérard Krawczyk

Writers:

Pierre Pelot (novel)
Gérard Krawczyk (writer) ...
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Release Date:

29 April 1987 (France)

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Cast

Jacques Villeret	...	Maurice Leheurt aka Mo
Jean-Pierre Bacri	...	Stephane Leheurt aka Fane
Pauline Lafont	...	Lilas
Guy Marchand	...	Andre Voke
Jean Bouise	...	Olivier Voke
Jean-Paul Lilienfeld	...	Shawenhick
Jacques Mathou	...	Jeannot
Dominique Besnehard	...	Leval
Claude Chabrol	...	The priest
Patrick Braoudé	...	Gendarme
Laurent Gendron	...	L'américain
Andrée Laberty	...	Mme Castillon
Michel Lataste	...	Patron Café des sports
Michel Such	...	Paul le vigile
Georges Vaur	...	M. Bressoul
Noëlle Vériac	...	La vieille dame indignée
Charles Varel	...	Le manutentionnaire
Maurice Mons	...	Le type au comptoire

Directed by
Gérard Krawczyk

Writing credits
Pierre Pelot		(novel)
Gérard Krawczyk		(writer) &
Jean-Paul Lilienfeld		(writer)

Produced by
Jean-Marie Duprez	....	executive producer
Bernard Grenet	....	producer
Pascal Hommais	....	producer
Jean-François Lepetit	....	producer

Original Music by
Roland Vincent

Cinematography by
Michel Cénet

Film Editing by
Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte

Production Design by
Jacques Dugied

Makeup Department
Irène Ottavis	....	key makeup artist
Brigitte Parquet	....	hair stylist
Brigitte Parquet	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Richard Dupuy	....	unit manager
Abraham Goldblat	....	assistant unit manager
Bernard Grenet	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Giacinto Pizzuti	....	second assistant director
Évelyne Ragot	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Jean Allou	....	constructor
Paul Bastide	....	head painter
Chantal Giuliani	....	set dresser
Michel Guarguir	....	painter
René Loubet	....	chief construction
Alain Pigeaux	....	property master
Jean-Yves Rabier	....	carpenter

Sound Department
Pierre Befve	....	sound
Daniel Couteau	....	foley artist
Michel Crivellaro	....	assistant sound editor (as Michel Pierre Crivellaro)
Pierre Excoffier	....	boom operator (as Pierre Excoffier)
Jean-Pierre Gally	....	cable person
Jean-Paul Loublier	....	sound mixer
Gérard Manneveau	....	assistant foley artist
Gina Pignier	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Guy Albouy	....	special effects assistant
Michel Naudin	....	special effects

Stunts
Daniel Vérité	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Fabrice Anut	....	grip
André Atellian	....	key grip
Valérie Blier	....	still photographer
Isabelle Czajka	....	second assistant camera
Jean-Yves Delbreuve	....	first assistant camera
Alain Ducousset	....	third assistant camera
Marcel Moncel	....	electrician
André Nové	....	gaffer
Marc Nove	....	electrician

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Malika Khelfa	....	costumer
Martine Rapin	....	wardrober

Editorial Department
Dominick Palcy	....	apprentice editor
Florence Ricard	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Odile Blanchet	....	production accountant
Martine Cantin	....	production administrator
Geneviève Grenet	....	production accountant
Sylvie Huron	....	production secretary
Alain Olivieri	....	production runner
Chantal Pernecker	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Films A2
• Flach Film
• Solus Productions
• Séléna Audiovisuel

Distributors

• Flach Film
• Prima Film
• Séléna Audiovisuel

Other Companies

• Cinécam  camera equipment provided by
• DCA Audiovisual  re-recording
• Eurocitel  titles
• Multivolts  electrical equipment
• Studios de Billancourt  auditorium
• Tri-Track Sync  post-synchronisation

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Fujicolor)

Certification:

Iceland:14

Company:

Films A2

Movie Connections:

References The Terminator (1984)

Today's advice : Never emigrate in the open country

Fane ( the as usual excellent Jean-Pierre Bacri ) lives in a poor quarter, drinking beers with pals most of the time. One day, he trades his neighbour's girl, the very 'shagadelic' Lilas ( the beautiful Pauline Lafont ) for a rabbit. The next day, learning her mother's death, he drives to her house, in a small village in the south of France, bringing Lilas with him. There, he mets Mo, his brother, disabled since he has played as a kid with hand grenades. Fane wants to marry Lilas, to become a writer and keep Mo out of the hospital. He wants to change, to make something of his life, but the jealousy and nastiness of the village will upset everything...

A poignant drama, magnificently played, with an Ennio Morricone-like music. One of the best movie of Pauline Lafont - who died in a car crash a few years later - and of J-P Bacri, before he started working, and living, with Agnes Jaoui. It's a bit sad, because everything goes wrong, but it's Truth. The description is very real. This movie shows why I'll never emigrate in a small village in the middle of nowhere. Gerard Krawczik made here a very good movie ; too bad he's also the one who recently made "Taxi 2".

8/10