Watch L'Heure d'été (Summer Hours) Movie Online Streaming MegavideoYou can watch L'Heure d'été (Summer Hours) movie in HD without Downloading Free HEREThree siblings must come to terms with their mother's mortality as they decide what to do with her valuable belongings in this warm family drama from filmmaker Olivier Assayas. Hélène Berthier (Edith Scob) is about to turn 75, and her children are gathering at her home in the country for a party. Adrienne (Juliette Binoche) has flown in from New York City, where she lives with her boyfriend, James (Kyle Eastwood). Jérémie (Jérémie Renier) has taken a rare break from his globe-trotting business interests to stop by with his wife (Valérie Bonneton). And Frédéric (Charles Berling), the only one who lives close enough to visit regularly, has also come with his spouse, Lisa (Dominique Reymond). Hélène has inherited a large and valuable collection of art from her brother, and with her health beginning to fail, she approaches Frédéric and asks that he, Jérémie, and Adrienne come up with a plan to deal with the pieces after her death. Frédéric wants to keep the collection together and see if they can persuade a gallery to purchase and present them as a set. Jérémie and Adrienne have other ideas, but as he's pondering a business opportunity in China and she's planning on settling in America for good, they don't have as much influence over the final decision as Frédéric. L'Heure d'Été (aka Summer Hours) was produced in part by the celebrated French art gallery Musée d'Orsay, and was one of a handful of films created to honor the museum in its 20th anniversary year. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi Movie Release on Theater May 15, 2009 Wide | |
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L'Heure d'été (Summer Hours) Movie Cast | |
| Juliette Binoche,Charles Berling,Jérémie Renier,Edith Scob,Dominique Reymond,Valérie Bonneton,Isabelle Sadoyan,Kyle Eastwood,Alice de Lencquesaing,Emile Berling,Jean-Baptiste Malartre | |
| Genres : Drama,Kids & Family,Art House & International | |
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| Assayas' script is more allusive than demonstrative, with a distinct whiff of Eric Rohmer in its conversational blocks separated by fadeouts. Derek Elley-Variety n Summer Hours, Olivier Assayas's gently provocative rumination on family and possessions, a trio of siblings wrestles with the problem of what to do with the old homestead once Mother is gone. Jonathan F. Richards-Film.com Evocative look at a family trying to decide what to do with its treasures. Ray Bennett-Hollywood Reporter Where a Hollywood film of a family feuding over a fabulous estate would surely end with a slapped face and an infantry charge of lawyers, Assayas's work concludes with a smile and a shrug. Life goes on. What else can it do? Stephen Cole-Globe and Mail Performances in this small and profoundly eloquent film are superb, yet none redirects attention from Assayas's earnest meditation on the ravaging effects of a shrinking world on family traditions and entrenched personal relationships. Greg Quill-Toronto Star This is a movie that, for all its once-over-lightliness, stays with one. Given what it's about, and the intelligence of its makers, how could it not? Peter Rainer-Christian Science Monitor Has the feel, if not the look, of an old man's film, a meditation on the passing of time. Kelly Vance-East Bay Express ...leisurely paced but intensely gripping film - which doesn't lend itself to facile capsulization - follows three generations of a French family as they prepare for the imminent death of their matriarch Philip Martin-Arkansas Democrat-Gazette manages a sense of genuine poignancy that never becomes sticky or sentimental James Kendrick-Q Network Film Desk The film resonates with emotions as authentic as the details. ... And it asks us to ponder what makes the objects in our lives meaningful. Jeffrey Overstreet-Looking Closer The film and its characters are smart, sincere and fully alive in ways we rarely have the opportunity to see. Christopher Long-Movie Metropolis The [movie's] concern might feel a little old-fashioned ... but in this film it's reasonably, solemnly, and levelheadedly expressed. Jeffrey Chen-Window to the Movies A subtle, flawlessly acted, keenly observed family drama and poignant meditation on memory, identity, and history in the age of postmodernism and globalization. Emanuel Levy-EmanuelLevy.Com A well-constructed film about the end of a life and uncertainty about the future. Robert Roten-Laramie Movie Scope Surprisingly wonderful, as if Assayas finally found a space in which to stretch out. Jeffrey M. Anderson-Combustible Celluloid The sheer banality of the proceedings -- appraisals! attorneys! -- threatens to rob those few poignant moments of their own dramatic value. William Goss-Orlando Weekly Supposedly a meditation on globalization and family ties, but to this reviewer it is much more of a French art movie version of Antique Roadshow. Louis Proyect-rec.arts.movies.reviews A lament for the lost luxuries of time and space. Karina Longworth-SpoutBlog Intense yet airy Fernando F. Croce-CinePassion A subdued, chatty and poignant family drama. Dennis Schwartz-Ozus' World Movie Reviews Offers the sense that what is now being dismantled was itself the result of people who in their own way had rejected an earlier past. Ken Hanke-Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) A keenly observed, typically high-quality family drama of the sort only the French seem capable of making anymore. Marc Mohan-Oregonian The acting is superb and the cinematography is top drawer. French films are not shy about tackling real-life issues in a meaningful way Keith Cohen-Entertainment Spectrum It's not sentimental. Yet it's devastating. Robert W. Butler-Kansas City Star | |
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