L'Heure d'été

Summer Hours

(France, 2008, 103 minutes)

After their mother dies, three siblings have to decide what to do with the country estate where she lived and with the extensive art collection that belonged to their great-uncle and that she kept. Moving but uneven family drama that runs out of breath in the final stretch.

An MK2 Diffusion release of a MK2 presentation/production, in co-production with France 3 Cinéma; with the participation of Canal Plus and TPS Star; in partnership with Musée d'Orsay; with the support of Région Île-de-France in partnership with CNC; in association with Cofinova 4 and Soficinéma 3. Starring Juliette Binoche, Charles Berling, Jérémie Rénier, Edith Scob, Dominique Reymond, Valérie Bonneton, Isabelle Sadoyan, Alice de Lencquesaing, Émile Berling. Directed and written by Olivier Assayas; produced by Marin Karmitz, Natanaël Karmitz, Charles Gillibert; director of photography (Arane Gulliver), Éric Gautier; production designer, François-Renaud Labarthe; costume designers, Anaïs Romand, Jürgen Doering; film editor, Luc Barnier.