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Gaspard (Melvil Poupaud), a recent university graduate, arrives at the seaside in Bretagne for three weeks' vacation before starting a new job. He's hoping his sort-of girlfriend, the fickle Léna (Aurélia Nolin), will join him there; but as the days pass, he welcomes the interest of Margot (Amanda Langlet, the titular character from Rohmer's Pauline at the Beach), a student of ethnology working as a waitress for the summer. Things start to get complicated when the spoken-for Margot encourages Gaspard to have a summer romance with her friend, Solène (Gwenaëlle Simon), and he complies. When Léna turns up, and scheduling complications abound, Gaspard will have to make a choice... Rohmer's characteristically light touch allows his characters to discourse on love and friendship, even as their body language complicates and even contradicts their words. Diane Baratier's cinematography perfectly captures the languor of youth and the feeling of a French beach vacation the sea, the sunlight and the lovely surroundings convey the openness of a world of possibilities faced by these young people. (Big World Pictures)
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Melvil Poupaud
France
Best movies:
Laurence Anyways (2012)
An Officer and a Spy (2019)
A Tale of Summer (1996)
Amanda Langlet
Best movies:
Pauline at the Beach (1983)
A Tale of Summer (1996)
Triple Agent (2004)
Gwenaëlle Simon
France
Best movies:
A Tale of Summer (1996)
Not on the Lips (2003)
Off to the Revolution by a 2CV (2001)
Aurelia Nolin
Best movies:
A Tale of Summer (1996)
Fantôme avec chauffeur (1996)