Sculptor Paul meets a former great love again after a long time -- but is much more impressed by her 15-year-old daughter, Laura, who looks like her mother when Paul was in love with her. ...
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Title: Laura, les ombres de l'été (1979)
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| Maud Adams | ... | Sarah | |
| Dawn Dunlap | ... | Laura | |
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James Mitchell | ... | Paul Thomas Wyler |
| Maureen Kerwin | ... | Marline Royer | |
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Pierre Londiche | ... | Richard Moore |
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Thierry Redler | ... | Costa |
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Louise Vincent | ... | Madame Flory |
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William Milié | ... | Le chorégraphe (as William Millie) |
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Sculptor Paul meets a former great love again after a long time -- but is much more impressed by her 15-year-old daughter, Laura, who looks like her mother when Paul was in love with her. Laura likes him very much too, but her jealous mother prevents any further contact. She allows him to make a sculpture of Laura, but only from photos. Written by Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
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When Laura is in the ballet shower, many of the poses duplicate paintings of Edgar Degas (an artist famed for his ballerina portraits). See more »Alternate Versions
The German cut is ten minutes shorter than the regular version at 85 mins. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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18 June 1980 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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David Hamilton is so impressed with himself as a photographer, that he has convinced himself he can make a good film. Well, he's wrong. For example, I have a theory that he saw a good use of a fade out in a movie once and thought that if one fade out is good, then 75 of them must be great! Again, he's wrong. There is one sequence where Sarah (Maud Adams) is speaking to her daughter Laura (Dawn Dunlap) who is lying in bed. The camera shows Sarah talking and then slowly fades out to black only to shift to Laura in bed as she responded directly to her mother and continues the conversation. Maybe Hamilton felt this would make the dialogue have more resonance. Again, he's wrong. I've noticed that Hamilton is wrong a lot in this film. The movie fails on so many levels that I cannot begin to list them all here. All I can say is that you should avoid this movie at all costs. I give it a 1/10.