A Burning Hot Summer
(2011)
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A Burning Hot Summer
(2011)
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Monica Bellucci | ... |
Angèle
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Louis Garrel | ... |
Frédéric
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Céline Sallette | ... |
Élisabeth
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Jérôme Robart | ... |
Paul
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Vladislav Galard | ... |
Roland
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Vincent Macaigne | ... |
Achille
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Maurice Garrel | ... |
Le grand-père
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Benjamin Abitan | ... |
Un soldat
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Julien Bouanich | ... |
Un soldat
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Romain Canonne | ... |
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Jean-Charles Clichet | ... |
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Rodolphe Congé | ... |
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Grégory Fitoussi | ... |
Lepartenare du film d'époque
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Jean-Luc Guillotin | ... |
Le sergent
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Cyrille Hertel | ... |
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Frédéric and Angèle are a married couple, he a painter, she an actress of some renown who gave up her career to be with him. She is a woman who most men desire. Struggling actors Paul and Élisabeth, neither who has any money, start to date after they meet as extras on a movie set. Shortly before Paul and Élisabeth met, Frédéric and Paul became friends after being introduced by a mutual acquaintance. By association, all four become friends, especially strengthened when Paul and Élisabeth decide to move into Frédéric and Angèle's spacious apartment in Rome. Following an attempted suicide by Frédéric, Paul reflects on the friendship between the four. Because of physical proximity, they couldn't help but become closer emotionally. So whenever something happened within one of their lives, either directly concerning one or more of the others or not, it couldn't help but affect the other three, the battle lines more often drawn not by couple but by gender. Written by Huggo
This is one of the most boring movies I have seen in a very long time. There were only a couple of scenes worth watching and the rest was same old same old. The only redeeming parts were toward the beginning of the film, and they didn't really tie in to the rest of the movie. It was all downhill from there. Uninspiring camera angles, OK acting, and a plot which leaves a lot to be desired. Louis did a great job, however, and I was surprised that Monica's acting is improving slightly. We all know that Monica is a beautiful lady, but focusing on this aspect of her is starting to get old. She actually did a decent job acting, so it would have been nice if the director had focused more on this than on her physical beauty. Was expecting much better work out of Philippe Garrel. Better luck next time.