When 16-year-old Alexis capsizes off the coast of Normandy, 18-year-old David heroically saves him. Alexis has just met the friend of his dreams, who opens his eyes to a new horizon of frien... Read allWhen 16-year-old Alexis capsizes off the coast of Normandy, 18-year-old David heroically saves him. Alexis has just met the friend of his dreams, who opens his eyes to a new horizon of friendship, art and sexual bliss.When 16-year-old Alexis capsizes off the coast of Normandy, 18-year-old David heroically saves him. Alexis has just met the friend of his dreams, who opens his eyes to a new horizon of friendship, art and sexual bliss.
- Awards
- 6 wins & 27 nominations
- Madame Gorman
- (as Valéria Bruni-Tedeschi)
- Chris
- (as Antoine Simony)
- Frère Gorman
- (as Samuel Brafman)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe movie was initially supposed to be called 'Été 84' ('Summer of 84'). Robert Smith, the singer of The Cure, refused to grant François Ozon the permission to use his song The Cure: In Between Days (1985) because it was actually released a year later, in 1985. Ozon wrote back a letter to Robert Smith asking for a lower price for the rights and saying that he could change the name of his movie to 'Été 85', which was finally done.
- Quotes
[Alexis describing his love]
Alexis: Maybe I loved him. I believed I did. I loved him as much as I understood the meaning of the word.
Alexis: How do you ever know? I always thought I'd know the minute it happened.
Alexis: But all I knew was I couldn't get enough of him. I wanted to spend every second of my time with him.
Alexis: But when I was with him, that wasn't enough either. I wanted to look at him, touch him, feel his touch.
Alexis: I wanted us to be together all the time, for 3,628,800 seconds.
- ConnectionsReferences Rope (1948)
Based on a novel by Aidan Chambers ('Dance on my Grave') the couple are Alexis (Felix Lefebvre) and David (Benjamin Voisin) two handsome teens who meet by accident in a Normandy seaside village. David's mother (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi) also takes a liking to Alexis and invites him to work at her marine shop alongside her own son. The pair also meet up with a sprightly British au pair who strikes up a friendship with the two boys in order to improve her French!
Despite the sunny resort setting, the wistful period tunes by The Cure and Rod Stewart and the dreamy graininess of the 16mm film photography, Ozon (who also wrote the adaptation) never lets his film drift from it's serious themes of sexuality and responsibility. The small cast is very capable and the tone is consistent. Some of the writing isn't as sharp as it could have been and the flashback structure does keep it from fully building any story momentum. While there is darkness, there is always a promise of optimism that that fateful summer will lead to something to look back on with a certain fondness.
- gortx
- Aug 24, 2021
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Summer of 85
- Filming locations
- Le Tréport, Seine-Maritime, France(exteriors, in particular the beach and the cemetery)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $71,788
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,390
- Jun 20, 2021
- Gross worldwide
- $3,610,818