The End of Summer
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64% Critic Match

The End of Summer

6.4 / 10 1964 27mNR French
Documentary

Storyline

A 16 year old girl recalls the last moments of her summer vacation, spent with friends in the Laurentians north of Montreal. She reminisces about their talks on life, death, love, and God. Shot in direct cinema style, working from a script that left room for the teenagers to improvise and express their own thoughts, the film sought to capture the immediacy of the youths presence their bodies, their language, their environment.

Cast & Crew

Céline Bernier

Céline Bernier

Lead
NG

Nicole Geoffroy

LP

Louise Pelletier

RD

Raymond Décarie

AF

André Fortier

DB

Dominique Boisvert

JP

Jean Pelletier

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Michel Brault's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. The End of Summer is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker