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The Green Ray (Summer)

Le Rayon vert

1986

Éric Rohmer

Marie Rivière, Rosette, Béatrice Romand, Vincent Gauthier ...

7.4

4,805

Drama. Romance The 5th of Eric Rohmer's six-part "Comedies & Proverbs" series. Abandoned by the friend she was supposed to be holidaying with, Delphine has to make other plans for her summer vacation. Should she go to the beach, travel to Ireland, or stay in hot and humid Paris through August? The problem is, she just can't make up her mind... A spellbinding study of loneliness and the mysterious influence of fate on our lives.

	Author	Review
United States	Jonathan Romney The New York Observer	"A perspicaciously empathetic study of solitude, depression and anxiety."	POS
United States	Tina Hassannia IndieWire	"A beautiful narrative of self-discovery, elegant in its simplicity"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A lovely, gentle film."	POS
United States	Bill Weber Slant	"Those who find Rohmer heroines difficult might even be won over by the depth and poignancy of Marie Rivire's Delphine."	POS
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"Summer initially seems slight, but it's a movie of uncommon sensitivity and emotional reserves."	POS
United States	Paul Attanasio The Washington Post	"'Summer' is, for better and for worse, an Eric Rohmer film, which means that it is dull, slow and seemingly aimless, but in such a way that it's unlike all the other dull, slow and seemingly aimless films"	NEU
United Kingdom	Jamie Russell BBC	"Eric Rohmer has always had a particular talent for transforming even the most inconsequential stories into fascinating portraits of the difficulties of choice and the moral complexity of making decisions."	POS
United States	Charles Taylor Salon	"Along with My Night at Maud's, the movie is one of Rohmer's masterpieces. It is also, in its small, stubborn way, one of the bravest movies I know."	POS
United States	Andrew Sarris Village Voice	“Rohmer's ultimate masterwork”	POS

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