Ein mörderischer Sommer

Originaltitel: L'été meurtrier

1983
16
2 Std. 13 Min.

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Isabelle Adjani and Alain Souchon in Ein mörderischer Sommer (1983)

The stunning Isabella Adjani plays Elle, a provocative and extremely feisty nineteen year old who returns to her home Provencal village with her crippled father and German mother. The normally sleepy village is jolted by her arrival, especially the menfolk who are mesmerised by her looks, and Elle is not shy of all the attention. Gradually her true personality and purpose emerges. A master manipulater, she manages to turn friend against friend and brother against brother, until the film reaches itÂ’s violent conclusion and ElleÂ’s dark secret is discovered, a life shattering event nineteen years earlier. Isabelle Adjani gives one of her best ever performances in Jean BeckerÂ’s gripping thriller packed with mesmerising twists and turns. One deadly summer will be released by Argent Films Ltd. on 27th of May 2013.

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Eine junge Frau, die vor Sinnlichkeit strotzt, kommt in eine Kleinstadt und heiratet den örtlichen Mechaniker. War es Liebe auf den ersten Blick? Was verbindet ihre rätselhafte Präsenz mit d... Alles lesenEine junge Frau, die vor Sinnlichkeit strotzt, kommt in eine Kleinstadt und heiratet den örtlichen Mechaniker. War es Liebe auf den ersten Blick? Was verbindet ihre rätselhafte Präsenz mit dem Klavier der Familie?Eine junge Frau, die vor Sinnlichkeit strotzt, kommt in eine Kleinstadt und heiratet den örtlichen Mechaniker. War es Liebe auf den ersten Blick? Was verbindet ihre rätselhafte Präsenz mit dem Klavier der Familie?

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7,2/10

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7/10

Intelligent tale of revenge

More an Intelligent drama, with some violent overtones more than the "thriller" it's packaged as. This has more in common with "Rashomon" than with the latest slick action movie out of Hollywood.

Isabelle Adjani plays a young woman unhinged by the knowledge of her mother's brutal rape by 3 men years earlier, and she has built her life around seeking revenge. The film's most striking aspect is the use of multiple switching narrators, so we see the tale unfold from several points of view.

Adjani, as always, has a tremendous emotional rawness, but for me the performance (and the writing) wears its heart a little too much on it's sleeve. I wish she wasn't so clearly crazy much of the time. Or that more people seemed to notice just how blatantly manipulative her behavior is.

The pace is very slow, which worked a lot of the time, but I did find myself frustrated at moments.

But all that said, this is an interesting experiment in telling a complex story, with strong performances all around. And if it occasionally falls into melodrama, it also is full of moments that are disturbing, moving and shocking.

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26. Dez. 2011
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Isabelle Adjani originally turned down the part of Elle which Jean Becker then offered to Valérie Kaprisky, who accepted. Later, after reading the book by Sébastien Japrisot (on which the film is based), Adjani changed her mind and took on the role.

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Pre credits title card: (in French translation) "I'll be judge, I'll be jury / Said cunning old Fury / I'll try the whole cause and condemn you to death." - Lewis Carroll