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Sensitive story of a British girl's awakening from childhood into life and love on vacation in France.Sensitive story of a British girl's awakening from childhood into life and love on vacation in France.Sensitive story of a British girl's awakening from childhood into life and love on vacation in France.
Raymond Gérôme
- Renard
- (as Raymond Gerome)
André Maranne
- Monsieur Dufour
- (as Andre Maranne)
Harold Kasket
- Monsieur Prideaux
- (as Harold Kaskett)
Jacques B. Brunius
- Monsieur Joubert
- (as Jacques Brunius)
Will Stampe
- Monsieur Armand
- (as Will Stamp)
Jacques Dhéry
- Bargee
- (as Jacques Dhery)
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Did you know
- TriviaSeveral years after Kenneth More's death, both Lewis Gilbert and Susannah York said in interviews that More had been miscast in this film and that Dirk Bogarde would have been better in the role. However, More wanted very much to be in the film, precisely because the role would be an unusual one for him, and, nearing his fifties, he wanted to change his movie image and find more complex and mature parts.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits prologue: IN THE GREEN AND GOLD CHAMPAGNE COUNTRY OF FRANCE
- ConnectionsFeatured in Talkies: Remembering Kenneth More: Part One (2019)
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An exquisite film...
Susannah York is astonishingly good as a sixteen-year old British girl, traveling through France with her mother and three younger siblings, who falls in love for the first time with a handsome, older man (Kenneth More) harboring a guilty secret. The kids, who are left temporarily without their mum after she takes sick, arrive at their hotel in France's Champagne Country to an ill-wind: the two lesbian women who run the extravagant spread do not permit children, but one of the ladies is also involved with More and he takes the family under his wing. The complex relationship between the women--business partners who appear to have a great deal of history together-- is handled without high drama (indeed, Howard Koch's writing is so subtle that the depth of these characters may elude some viewers). The children get to stay, and everyone falls in love with dashing More, but with crystal-eyed Susannah there's bound to be heartbreak--and in that heartbreak, jealousy and a child's vindictiveness. A fully thought-out and realized film-adaptation of Rumer Godden's novel, played out amongst a gorgeous backdrop. The movie has a precocious nature and a wise child's sensibility--very little of the drama is hammered out for us--and the tone of the picture is kept dreamy-romantic. It is exceptionally well-performed, and given a sensitive direction from Lewis Gilbert that ably steers viewers through the complicated narrative to the story's poetic finish. *** from ****
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- moonspinner55
- Apr 9, 2008
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- Also known as
- Es geschah in diesem Sommer
- Filming locations
- Gare SNCF, 28 Boulevard de Verdun, Béziers, Hérault, France(Madame Zizi steps out of the train)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1(original ratio)
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