One Deadly Summer (1983)

One Deadly Summer (1983)

1983-05-11 France 130 Min. PG-13
7 192 votes

Overview

In spring 1976, a 19-year-old beauty, her German-born mother, and her crippled father move to the town of a firefighter nicknamed Pin-Pon. Everyone notices the provocative Eliane. She singles out Pin-Pon and soon is crying on his shoulder (she's myopic and hates her reputation as a dunce and as easy); she moves in with him, knits baby clothes, and plans their wedding. Is this love or some kind of plot? She asks Pin-Pon's mother and aunt about the piano in the barn: who delivered it on a November night in 1955? Why does she want to know, and what does it have to do with her mother's sorrows, her father's injury, this quick marriage, and the last name on her birth certificate?

Cast

Isabelle Adjani is Eliane Wieck, aka 'Elle'
Eliane Wieck, aka 'Elle'
Alain Souchon is Fiorimonto Montecciari, aka 'Pin-Pon'
Fiorimonto Montecciari, aka 'Pin-Pon'
Suzanne Flon is Nine, aka 'Cognata'
Nine, aka 'Cognata'
Jenny Clève is Mrs. Montecciari, Pin-Pon's Mother
Mrs. Montecciari, Pin-Pon's Mother
Maria Machado is Paula Wieck Devigne, aka 'Eva Braun', Eliane's mother
Paula Wieck Devigne, aka 'Eva Braun', Eliane's mother
Evelyne Didi is Miss Dieu, aka 'Calamité', schoolmistress of Eliane
Miss Dieu, aka 'Calamité', schoolmistress of Eliane
Jean Gaven is Leballech, boss of the sawmill
Leballech, boss of the sawmill
François Cluzet is Mickey, brother of Pin-Pon
Mickey, brother of Pin-Pon
Manuel Gélin is Boubou, brother of Pin-Pon
Boubou, brother of Pin-Pon
Roger Carel is Henri, aka 'Henri IV', owner of Pin-Pon
Henri, aka 'Henri IV', owner of Pin-Pon
Michel Galabru is Gabriel Devigne, Eliane's father
Gabriel Devigne, Eliane's father
Marie-Pierre Casey is Ms. Tussaud, nurse
Ms. Tussaud, nurse