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I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

A real little surprise. I fell upon this film by chance and was immediately charmed by its quiet and soothing atmosphere. The dialog is intelligent and refreshingly innocent, yet philosophical and mature. The young people are fresh faced and attractive, but brilliant and natural in their performances. A real slice of life of a young musician courted by 3 young ladies during his summer vacationing in Bretagne. The young man befriends a cute waitress Margot who secretly likes him but keeps things platonic as he is hoping to meet his love interest Lena. He hopes to meet her randomly as they had before. He considers these events might be fate and explores his philosophy with Margot. He is a musician and yet much more. His complexity reveals itself to us realistically, as if we really were getting to know him. His rejection of commercial opportunities belies his intelligence and his grounded mannerism. The ending is a nice little twist which makes you smile and I sure hope you sit down with this film when you feel like a little summer vacation on the couch. This film made me feel young again and it reminded me that a story can be engaging without being intense or in your face. An honest little jewel of a film with no pretensions. Highly recommended.

Summer. A boy. Three girls. And some small decisions. A delicate vision about the form of gesture. About self-definition. And about the things who makes a way more than intention. It may be understand as love-story, comedy or french movie who describe nothing with a rain of words. But, in fact, is only a mirror. An insignificant question about life as spider web. And definition of love's nuances. At first sight, the problems presented are parts of a single age. In fact, they are only roots. Minimalistic and refreshing, as a summer morning, it is a good occasion to define personal word and causes of decisions. Slowly, at leisure. A phone call may be the perfect answer.

Conte d'été is another minor gem from Eric Rohmmer who still continues to impress with his eye for human interaction and the fallibility of love. In this slight but engaging tale, Rohmer follows the actions of Gaspard, a sullen-faced Frenchman whose hair resembles the curls of the late Michael Hutchence of INXS, but whose love life is all awry. We follow his journey one summer in Normandy where his entanglements with his girlfriend and a local waitress offer the main dramatic scenes of the film. The problem is that Gaspard is too impassive and numb to express his frustration and I was left with the same sense of detachment from this indecisive Gallic lothario. However, the opening is surprising because there is no conversation for 6 minutes. It feels like a return to the silent era here where images conveyed more than words, where silence was a form of mystery.

This is about a guy and the three girls he is seeing during summer in the French seaside. He seems unable or unwilling to be clear about his emotional life. So do the girls, each in their own way. This is a movie with lots of talking, and not much high intensity. You do get some uneasy scenes, and it does manage to get you curious about the outcome: who will he eventually choose? I suppose the director wanted to do a movie about the confused feelings of some young people of today. Anyway, the actors are beautiful, and so is the seashore. I found it, in the end, quite uplifting.