''Faustine et le Bel Été'' is a 1972 French
romantic drama film
Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...
directed by
Nina Companéez.
It was screened out of competition at the
1972 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot
Faustine, a romantic teenager, decides to spend her summer in the countryside with her grandparents. Upon her arrival she briefly meets a teenager named Joachim and quickly becomes obsessed with his family, spying on them from a distance.
Eventually she begins to integrate herself in to their lives, befriending Joachim's cousins, flirting with Joachim himself and developing a crush on his uncle.
Cast
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Muriel Catalá - Faustine
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Claire Vernet - Claire
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Jacques Spiesser - Florent
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Francis Huster - Joachim
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Georges Marchal
Georges Marchal (10 January 1920 – 28 November 1997) was a French actor.
Born Georges Louis Lucot in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France, the strikingly handsome Marchal was discovered in the early-1940s by director Jean Grémillon. By the ear ...
- Julien
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Isabelle Adjani
Isabelle Yasmine Adjani (born 27 June 1955) is a French actress and singer of Algerian and German descent. She has received various accolades, including five César Awards and a Lumière Award, along with nominations for two Academy Awards. ...
- Camille
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Marianne Eggerickx - Ariane
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Maurice Garrel
Maurice Garrel (24 February 1923 – 4 June 2011) was a French film actor.
Garrel was born in Saint-Servais, Isère. He appeared in over a hundred films and was nominated twice for a César Award for best supporting actor: in 1991 for ''La ...
- Jean
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Jacques Weber
Jacques Weber is a French actor, director, and writer.
Life and career
Weber joined the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique at the age of 20, and won the Prix d'Excellence when he left. He joined Robert Hossein in Rheims, and ...
- Haroun
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Valentine Varela - Marie
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Pierre Plessis
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- Henri, the Grandfather
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Andrée Tainsy - The Grandmother
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Virginie Thévenet - Student 1
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Isabelle Huppert
Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert (; born 16 March 1953) is a French actress. Known for her portrayals of cold, austere women devoid of morality, she is considered one of the greatest actresses of her generation. With 16 nominations and two win ...
- Student #2
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César Torres - Haroun's Friend
See also
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Isabelle Huppert on screen and stage
Isabelle Huppert is a French actress who has appeared in more than 120 feature films, mostly in starring roles. Regarded as one of the most respected actresses in French cinema, she has appeared in films directed by Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Goda ...
References
External links
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1972 films
1972 romantic drama films
French romantic drama films
1970s French-language films
Films directed by Nina Companéez
1970s French films
French-language romantic drama films
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