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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Olivier Assayas
Writer:
Olivier Assayas (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
5 March 2008 (France) more
Genre:
Drama | Family more
Plot:
Two brothers and a sister witness the disappearance of their childhood memories when they must relinquish the family belongings to ensure their deceased mother's succession. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(52 articles)
'Wallace & Gromit' Producers Team With UK Museum For Film Made By Children
 (From MTV Movies Blog. 19 October 2009, 3:30 PM, PDT)

Few Spare Moments for Juliette Binoche
 (From IFC. 16 September 2009, 5:49 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
Heartbreaking and powerful look at the power of memories. more (28 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Juliette Binoche ... Adrienne
Charles Berling ... Frédéric
Jérémie Renier ... Jérémie
Edith Scob ... Hélène
Dominique Reymond ... Lisa
Valérie Bonneton ... Angela
Isabelle Sadoyan ... Éloïse
Kyle Eastwood ... James
Alice de Lencquesaing ... Sylvie
Emile Berling ... Pierre
Jean-Baptiste Malartre ... Michel Waldemar
Gilles Arbona ... Maître Lambert
Eric Elmosnino ... Le commissaire de police
Marc Voinchet ... Présentateur radio
Sara Martins ... Atachée de presse
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Summer Hours (International: English title) (UK) (USA)
Printemps passé (France) (working title)
Souvenirs du Valois (France) (working title)
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Runtime:
103 min
Country:
France
Language:
French | English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

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Continuity: At the start of the movie, we see Helena smoking. First, the cigarette is in her left hand, the next shot it is gone, and then it reappears in her right hand. more
Quotes:
Éloïse: He said to choose anything. l couldn't take advantage. l took something ordinary. What would l do with something valuable? more

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7 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Heartbreaking and powerful look at the power of memories., 11 August 2008
9/10
Author: Ray Harley (kerkevik@btinternet.com) from Blairgowrie, Scotland

A marvellously descriptive examination of the power of memories, and the pull of the present in the eventual destruction of those memories.

I decided, principally, to see this film because of the presence of Juliette Binoche in the cast but, even tough hers is a strongly written character, and the acting of Binoche is of it's usual highest standard, it was the heartbreak portrayed by the oldest, and youngest, members of the extended family that really affected me the most.

The most heartbreaking moments came towards the very end, and were played out without being overly sentimentalised. You are left wondering at the uselessness of hanging onto the past when all that are left are museum pieces.

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