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A Burning Hot Summer

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Paul (Jérôme Robart) reflects on the summer he met Angèle (Monica Bellucci) and Frédéric (Louis Garrel) as he watches his friend being laid to rest.

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Kent Jones Film Comment Magazine I have never seen a Garrel film untouched by grace, and A Burning Hot Summer is no exception. Nov 5, 2013 Full Review Walter V. Addiego San Francisco Chronicle While I have to acknowledge Garrel's skill, the film, which actually has its compelling moments, falls somewhat flat. Rated: 2/4 Jul 20, 2012 Full Review Drew Hunt Chicago Reader Garrel's work is indebted to silent cinema style, but his recent films have shown a real flair for dialogue too. Jul 13, 2012 Full Review Fernando F. Croce House Next Door Though shot in swanky color, the film retains the alternately trying and invigorating starkness of the director's recent, black-and-white efforts. Sep 12, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Un été brûlant [2012] Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review walter m In "A Burning Hot Summer," Paul(Jerome Robart) meets and falls in love with Elisabeth(Celine Sallette) while both are day players on a movie about World War I. Soon after, they visit Paul's friend Frederic(Louis Garrel), an artist, and Frederic's wife Angele(Monica Bellucci), in Rome. And that's pretty much it for any kind of story with "A Burning Hot Summer." In fact, the only kind of drama involves a huge rat, as everybody sits pretentiously around while waiting for the inevitable to happen. I mean this movie is so slow I thought my DVD player was skipping a couple of times but alas no. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member A boring cokehead painter. Why would anybody ever want to be his friend, except some pennyless freeloaders? Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member A French film starring the sensually titillating Monica Bullucci as "Angele" an actor married to "Frederic" (Louis Garrel) a mediocre, dissipated artist; chemistry between the two is neither "hot" nor "burning", just boring. Frederick invites his best friend "Paul" (Jerome Robart) and his partner "Elizabeth" (Celine Sallette) to spend the summer with him and Angele; instead of the plot thickening it is diluted, thinned in trying tedium and triteness. I gleefully exited into a real and much more viable "burning hot summer", preferring the heat to this vapid scenario; questioning, puzzling why this film was ever made? ONE & 1/2 STARS! For Now.....Peneflix! Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Devia ter oitro titulo menos instigante e mais realista Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Nem o Garrel salva os filmes do pai. E o pior à (C) que eu já sabia. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Paul (Jérôme Robart) reflects on the summer he met Angèle (Monica Bellucci) and Frédéric (Louis Garrel) as he watches his friend being laid to rest.
Director
Philippe Garrel
Producer
Conchita Airoldi, Giorgio Magliulo, Pierre-Alain Meier, Edouard Weil
Screenwriter
Marc Cholodenko, Philippe Garrel, Caroline Deruas-Garrel
Production Co
Rectangle Productions
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Italian
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 29, 2016
Runtime
1h 35m
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