Two couples find their attitudes about themselves and one another are challenged in this drama from veteran French auteur Philippe Garrel. Frederic (Louis Garrel) is an artist who is married to Angele (Monica Bellucci), a successful actress. Frederic strikes up a close friendship with Paul (Jerome Robart), an actor who gets by playing bit parts and filling out crowd scenes. When a film project takes Angele to Italy, she and Frederic invite Paul to join them, and he brings along his new girlfriend, a fellow bit player named ...
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Two couples find their attitudes about themselves and one another are challenged in this drama from veteran French auteur Philippe Garrel. Frederic (Louis Garrel) is an artist who is married to Angele (Monica Bellucci), a successful actress. Frederic strikes up a close friendship with Paul (Jerome Robart), an actor who gets by playing bit parts and filling out crowd scenes. When a film project takes Angele to Italy, she and Frederic invite Paul to join them, and he brings along his new girlfriend, a fellow bit player named Elisabeth (Celine Sallette). As Frederic and Paul spend more time together, Angele bonds with Elisabeth, but while the men are content to talk about simple things, the women find themselves discussing issues in their relationships, including jealousy, anger and temptation. In time, the women's dissatisfaction leads them to consider other partners, turning their relationships upside down. Un été brûlant received its North American premiere at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. Mark Deming, Rovi
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Monica Bellucci, Louis Garrel, Celine Sallette, Jérôme Robart. Run time: 95 mins. Aspect ratio: 2.35: 1. Originally released: 2012. Language: French. Factory Sealed Brand New DVD A young couple goes for a summer-long visit with a fellow couple in Rome, only to witness their friends' marriage start to crumble in the poignant and brilliantly observed a BURNING HOT SUMMER. The new drama from acclaimed director Philippe Garrel (Regular Lovers) tells the story of brooding painter Frédéric (the director's son Louis Garrel of the Dreamers and Ma Mère) and his growing suspicions about his beautiful movie-star wife Angèle (Monica Bellucci, Irreversible, the Matrix Reloaded). Visitors Paul (Jérôme Robart, Frontier of the Dawn) and Elisabeth (Céline Sallette, House of Pleasures) see the tension rise between their friends-and also begin to draw apart as Paul devotes more and more of his time to the needy Frédéric. Will a shocking and tragic event bring Paul and Elisabeth closer, or will it doom their relationship? Nominated for the top prize at the 2011 Venice Film Festival, and featuring an evocative score from the Velvet Underground's legendary John Cale, a BURNING HOT SUMMER sears it's way into the heart.
