L'heure d'été (2008)

Director:

Olivier Assayas

Writer:

Olivier Assayas (writer)

Release Date:

5 March 2008 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Family

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.

Plot Keywords:

Memory | Childhood Memory | Inheritance | Children | Death

Awards:

11 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

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
Christian Lucas	...	Le neveu d'Éloïse
Philippe Paimblanc	...	Le maire de Valmondois
Luc Bricault	...	Touriste au Musée d'Orsay
Arnaud Azoulay	...	Petit ami de Sylvie
Marine Decroix	...	Amie de Sylvie
Léna Burger	...	Amie de Sylvie
François-Marie Banier	...	Président de la Commission des Dations
Philippe Thiébaut	...	Membre de la Commission
Arnaud Brejon de la Lavergnee	...	Membre de la Commission (as Arnaud Bréjon de Lavergnée)
Marc Plocki	...	Membre de la Commission
Odile Michel	...	Membre de la Commission
Michel Maket	...	Expert
Gérard Landrot	...	Expert
Michel Broomhead	...	Expert
Marie Bélie Vaulet	...	Guide au Musée d'Orsay
Bruno Ecault	...	Restaurateur sculpture
Daisy Kechichiglonian	...	Une enfant
Pearl Kechichiglonian	...	Une enfant
Max Ricat	...	Un enfant
Kauda Pharaon	...	Une enfant
Alistair Forwood	...	Un enfant
Malo Gledhill	...	Un enfant

Directed by
Olivier Assayas

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Olivier Assayas		writer

Produced by
Claire Dornoy	....	executive producer
Charles Gillibert	....	producer
Marin Karmitz	....	producer
Nathanaël Karmitz	....	producer

Cinematography by
Eric Gautier

Film Editing by
Luc Barnier

Casting by
Antoinette Boulat

Set Decoration by
Sandrine Mauvezin

Makeup Department
Lydia Pujols	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Sylvie Barthet	....	production manager
Thomas Colban	....	assistant unit manager trainee (segment)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Luc Bricault	....	second assistant director
Matthew Gledhill	....	first assistant director
Cotinier Helena	....	additional third assistant director
Delphine Heude	....	assistant director

Art Department
Vincent Amiel	....	construction coordinator
Dominique Coste	....	property buyer
Tibor Dora	....	carpenter
Fabien Lang	....	props
Florent Maillot	....	property master
Diane Sorin	....	assistant art director
Fanny Stauff	....	first assistant art director

Sound Department
Laurent Boudaud	....	sound re-recording mixer
Nicolas Cantin	....	sound editor
Nicolas Cantin	....	sound recordist
Jérôme Chenevoy	....	boom operator
Dominique Eyraud	....	boom operator
Olivier Goinard	....	sound editor
Olivier Goinard	....	sound mixer
Jérôme Petit	....	assistant sound editor
Jérôme Petit	....	sound assistant

Camera and Electrical Department
Antoine Aybes-Gille	....	assistant camera
Gil Fontbonne	....	grip
Léo Hinstin	....	second assistant camera
Fabienne Octobre	....	first assistant camera
Dougé Raphaël	....	assistant camera
Benoît Rizzoti	....	first assistant camera
Olivia Roudon	....	assistant camera

Casting Department
Elsa Pharaon	....	casting: children

Editorial Department
Lise Courtès	....	assistant editor
Julie Delord	....	assistant editor
Isabelle Julien	....	color grader
Nelly Ollivault	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Tatiana Bouchain	....	production assistant
Christophe Chauveau	....	key location scout
Clémentine Schaeffer	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• MK2 Productions (presents)
• France 3 Cinéma (in co-production with)
• Canal+ (with the participation of)
• TPS Star (with the participation of)
• Le Musée d'Orsay (with the participation of)
• Région Ile-de-France (with the support of)
• Soficinéma 3 (in association with)
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (in partnership with)
• Cofinova 4 (in association with)

Distributors

• MK2 Productions (2008) (worldwide) (all media)
• MK2 Éditions (2008) (France) (DVD)
• A-Film Distribution (2008) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• A-Film Distribution (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Alfa Films (2009) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Artificial Eye (2008) (UK) (theatrical)
• Crest International (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Filmes da Mostra (2009) (Brazil) (theatrical)
• Filmware International (2008) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• Hollywood Entertainment (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
• IFC Films (2008) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Cinema Mondo (2010) (Finland) (all media)
• Criterion Collection, The (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• Criterion Collection, The (2010) (USA) (DVD) (blu-ray)
• Madman Entertainment (2009) (Australia) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Le Musée d'Orsay  art, advice, commissioned by

Also Known As:

"Summer Hours" - International (English title) (imdb display title), UK, USA
"Las horas del verano" - Argentina, Spain (imdb display title)
"Horas de Verão" - Brazil (festival title)
"Kesähetket" - Finland (alternative title)
"Nyári időszámítás" - Hungary
"Pewnego lata" - Poland (imdb display title)
"Sommarminnen" - Sweden
"Sommertid" - Denmark
"Stigmes agapis" - Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title)
"Tempos de Verão" - Portugal
"Yaz saati" - Turkey (Turkish title)

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

France

Language:

French | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:12A | Netherlands:AL | Ireland:12A | Sweden:7 | Australia:M | Argentina:Atp | South Korea:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Japan:PG-12 | Singapore:PG | USA:Not Rated

Company:

MK2 Productions

Goofs:

Continuity: The shape of Adrienne's apple and the discoloration marks from oxidization change repeatedly during the conversation with her brothers.

Quotes:

Éloïse:He said to choose anything. l couldn't take advantage. l took something ordinary. What would l do with something valuable?

Movie Connections:

Remade as Summer Hours (2013)

Lovely

I knew nothing of this film when I walked into the theater. It was nothing like I anticipated. "Claire's Knee" perhaps? What unfolds through the wonder of Olivier Assayas construction, direction and camera work was an equivalent to Chekhov for me. As generations and values change, what gets lost and left behind isn't only the contents of a summer house (which is the focus of the film). Values of and connections to the past dwindle in the summer twilight, and there's panic, guilt, mourning, release and the dawn of another generation unwound on the screen.

My one complaint is the length of the beautiful end piece of the film. It introduces a new set of characters to a degree that I was left wanting more. I would have preferred the film ending with the housekeeper rattling the windows to regain entrance, but this is a small complaint to a masterful film, that's beautifully acted and hypnotic to watch.

I overheard someone sitting near me say to the person who had dragged him to the film, "I'll be sleeping through this one." Curious, I looked over two-thirds into the film, and he wasn't asleep; he was spellbound, along with the rest of us.