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Wikipedia article




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| budget = 11.4 million

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'Summer Things' (; , also known as 'See How They Run') is a 2002 French-British-Italian romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Michel Blanc, based on the 1998 novel of the same name by Joseph Connolly. The ensemble cast includes Charlotte Rampling, Jacques Dutronc, Carole Bouquet, Michel Blanc, Karin Viard, Gaspard Ulliel and Mlanie Laurent.

The film was released to critical acclaim and was a box-office hit in France. Karin Viard won the Csar Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Vronique. Gaspard Ulliel won the Lumires Award for Most Promising Actor for his performance as Loc.

Plot



Elizabeth and Bertrand are typical representatives of Parisian society. Behind the facade of a perfect marriage is dissatisfaction and boredom. He is a successful real estate agent having fun with much younger women or men behind the back of his wife. She suffers under the crushing uneventful life of a housewife and looks forward to a family holiday with daughter Emily. Bertrand backs out at the last minute and sends in his place Julie, Elizabeth's best friend and his former lover. He is free for a new love affair in Paris. The neighbors, Vro and Jrme have very different problems. Jrme is unemployed and collects gas meters. He hides his feelings of failure from Vro and son Loic. Since Vro wants to keep up with the neighbors, both families end up in the same resort. Numerous mistakes, misunderstandings and surprises are inevitable.

Cast



* Charlotte Rampling as Elizabeth Lannier

* Jacques Dutronc as Bertrand Lannier

* Carole Bouquet as Lulu

* Michel Blanc as Jean-Pierre

* Karin Viard as Vronique

* Denis Podalyds as Jrme

* Clotilde Courau as Julie

* Vincent Elbaz as Maxime

* Lou Doillon as Emilie

* Sami Bouajila as Kvin

* Gaspard Ulliel as Loc

* Mlanie Laurent as Carole

Reception



Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 100%, based on 6 reviews, with an average rating of 7.4/10.

AlloCin, a French cinema website, gave the film an average rating of 4.0/5, based on a survey of 23 French reviews.

Box office

In France, 'Summer Things' was released to 408 screens, where it debuted at number three at the box office, selling 480,951 tickets. It sold a total of 1,336,579 tickets after 6 weeks in cinemas, ranking at number 24 of the highest-grossing films in France in 2002. The film grossed a total of $8,738,101 worldwide.

Accolades



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|rowspan=4|Csar Awards

|Best Supporting Actor

|Denis Podalyds

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|Best Supporting Actress

|Karin Viard

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|Best Writing

|Michel Blanc

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|Most Promising Actor

|Gaspard Ulliel

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|Lumires Awards

|Most Promising Actor

|Gaspard Ulliel

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References




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