''A Burning Hot Summer'' (), also titled ''That Summer'', is a 2011 French-Italian-Swiss drama film directed by

Philippe Garrel Philippe Garrel (; born 6 April 1948) is a French director, cinematographer, screenwriter, film editor, and producer, associated with the French New Wave movement. His films have won him awards at Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, and ...

, starring

Monica Bellucci Monica Anna Maria Bellucci (; born 30 September 1964) is an Italian actress and model who began her career as a fashion model before working in Italian, American, and French films. She has an eclectic filmography in a range of genres and langua ...

Louis Garrel Louis Garrel (born 14 June 1983) is a French actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his starring role in ''The Dreamers (2003 film), The Dreamers'', directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.

, Céline Sallette, and Jérôme Robart. It was screened at the

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in competition.

Plot

A painter Frédéric has an actress wife Angèle. Frédéric becomes friends with Paul. Paul and his girlfriend Élisabeth stay with Frédéric and Angèle in Rome.

Cast

as Angèle *

Louis Garrel Louis Garrel (born 14 June 1983) is a French actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his starring role in ''The Dreamers (2003 film), The Dreamers'', directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.

as Frédéric * Céline Sallette as Élisabeth * Jérôme Robart as Paul * Vladislav Galard as Roland *

Vincent Macaigne Vincent Macaigne (born 19 October 1978) is a French actor, theatre director and film director. He is also a screenwriter and playwright. Life and career Macaigne was raised in Paris, the son of a French businessman and an Iranian-born painter. H ...

as Achille *

Grégory Fitoussi Grégory Fitoussi (born 13 August 1976) is a French actor. Born and raised in Paris, he rose to prominence playing Benjamin Losey in the French soap opera ''Sous le soleil'' (1998-2001). After departing the show, he had a prominent role in the pol ...

as Lepartenare *

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 ...

as grandfather

Production

The film was the second collaboration between director

and the French production company Rectangle Productions. It received co-production support from Italy's Faro Film and Switzerland's Prince Film. The 3.1 million euro budget included money from the CNC, the Italian Ministry of Culture, the Swiss Federal Office for Culture, 400,000 euro from

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and 192,000 euro from the Île-de-France region. The film was first announced in 2009 under the title ''J'ai gardé les anges'', which means "I have kept the angels". The title had been changed to the current when principal photography began in July 2010. Filming took place during eight weeks in Rome and Paris.

Release

The film premiered on 2 September 2011 in competition at the

. The French release was set to 28 September through

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Reception

On review aggregator website

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, the film holds an approval rating of 55% based on 11 reviews, with an average rating of 5.5/10. On

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, the film has a weighted average score of 62 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Deborah Young of ''

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'' called the film "dramatically lifeless and uninvolving."

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Burning Hot Summer, A 2011 drama films 2011 films Films directed by Philippe Garrel Films shot in Paris Films shot in Rome French drama films Italian drama films Swiss drama films 2010s French-language films Films scored by John Cale French-language Swiss films 2010s French films French-language Italian films