WP Berlinale 2022 - Competition – FICUNAM – IFF Uruguay – BAFICI – Transilvania IFF – New Horizons IFF – Sicilia Queer – Hong Kong IFF – Melbourne IFF
That Kind of Summer
A film byDenis Côté
with Larissa Corriveau, Laure Giappiconi, Aude Mathieu, Samir Guesmi, Anne Ratte Polle
Produced by Sylvain Corbeil & Audrey-Ann Dupuis-Pierre (Metafilms)
Invited to a rest home to explore their sexual issues, three women spend their days and nights trying to tame their inner demons. Under the detached supervision of a German therapist and a considerate social worker, the group attempts to maintain a delicate balance. For the young Geisha, somber Léonie and unpredictable Eugénie, it’s a chance to get away from the noise, to engage with the present, and think about the future.
«Unlike any other proponent of contemporary cinema, Denis Côté succeeds in creating dynamic cinematic spaces (sets, settings, constellations) in which experiences (psychological, physical, intellectual) may be seen as a game and, precisely because of this, can be used to pursue reality. Sometimes at a discreet distance, at others transgressively close, the camera swirls around the protagonists in this dance of trauma and lust. Norms are deconstructed, the present becomes tangible and the future conceivable. Cinema is – vibration.»BERLINALE 2022
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Titre original:
Un Été comme ça
137 min –
French –
Subtitles: English –
DCP
Canada –
2022
WP Berlinale 2022 - Competition – FICUNAM – IFF Uruguay – BAFICI – Transilvania IFF – New Horizons IFF – Sicilia Queer – Hong Kong IFF – Melbourne IFF
That Kind of Summer
A film byDenis Côté
with Larissa Corriveau, Laure Giappiconi, Aude Mathieu, Samir Guesmi, Anne Ratte Polle
Produced by Sylvain Corbeil & Audrey-Ann Dupuis-Pierre (Metafilms)
Invited to a rest home to explore their sexual issues, three women spend their days and nights trying to tame their inner demons. Under the detached supervision of a German therapist and a considerate social worker, the group attempts to maintain a delicate balance. For the young Geisha, somber Léonie and unpredictable Eugénie, it’s a chance to get away from the noise, to engage with the present, and think about the future.
«Unlike any other proponent of contemporary cinema, Denis Côté succeeds in creating dynamic cinematic spaces (sets, settings, constellations) in which experiences (psychological, physical, intellectual) may be seen as a game and, precisely because of this, can be used to pursue reality. Sometimes at a discreet distance, at others transgressively close, the camera swirls around the protagonists in this dance of trauma and lust. Norms are deconstructed, the present becomes tangible and the future conceivable. Cinema is – vibration.»BERLINALE 2022