In spring 1976, a 19-year-old beauty, her German-born mother, and her crippled father move to the town of a firefighter nicknamed Pin-Pon. Everyone notices the provocative Eliane. She singles out Pin-Pon and soon is crying on his shoulder (she's myopic and hates her reputation as a dunce and as easy); she moves in with him, knits baby clothes, and plans their wedding. Is this love or some kind of plot? She asks Pin-Pon's mother and aunt about the piano in the barn: who delivered it on a November night in 1955? Why does she want to know, and what does it have to do with her mother's sorrows, her father's injury, this quick marriage, and the last name on her birth certificate?
| Original Title | L'Été meurtrier |
| Year | 1983 |
| Country | France |
| Genre | Mystery, Drama, Crime |
| Director | Jean Becker |
| Runtime | 130 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 6.9/10 (226 votes) |
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This is quietly operating cinema. No big events, no crisis turns — just people and how they live through what happens to them.
Strengths: atmosphere, actors, accuracy of detail. Weaknesses: the pace isn't for everyone, the ending may feel unresolved.
For people who watch films for feeling, not entertainment.
Director: Jean Becker
— MovieFinder Editorial
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Viewing atmosphere: An evening when your mind is at peace. With someone you can sit in silence with after. Wine or tea.
Isabelle Adjani
Eliane Wieck, aka 'Elle'
Alain Souchon
Fiorimonto Montecciari, aka 'Pin-Pon'
Suzanne Flon
Nine, aka 'Cognata'
Jenny Clève
Mrs. Montecciari, Pin-Pon's Mother
Maria Machado
Paula Wieck Devigne, aka 'Eva Braun', Eliane's mother
Evelyne Didi
Miss Dieu, aka 'Calamité', schoolmistress of Eliane
Jean Gaven
Leballech, boss of the sawmill
François Cluzet
Mickey, brother of Pin-Pon
Manuel Gélin
Boubou, brother of Pin-Pon
Roger Carel
Henri, aka 'Henri IV', owner of Pin-Pon
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