La Belle Saison

aka: Summertime
France 2015, 106 minutes
Dir. Catherine Corsini
In French with English subtitles
Rating: [M] Sex scenes, violence, drug use & offensive language.
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Drama / Lesbian, Romance

Feat. Cecile De France, Izia Higelin, Noemie Lvovsky

Synopsis: Two women strike up a passionate affair against a backdrop of the feminist movement in early-1970's France, but struggle to reconcile of contrasting values of their urban-liberal and conservative-rural upbringings.

“A film of quiet virtues based on old-fashioned ideas: take time to build the narrative, observe your characters closely, judge not, and go deep with the emotions.”~Paul Byrnes, The Age/The Sydney Morning Herald

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2 stars (Good Try) Cécile de France is very good but the screenplay after an energetic first half hour concerning bolshie females takes a romantic right turn and never recovers. ~Tubbs