La Belle Saison (Summertime)

Synopsis: Two women strike up a passionate affair against a backdrop of the feminist movement in early-1970’s France, but struggle to reconcile of contrasting values of their urban-liberal and conservative-rural upbringings.

“A film of quiet virtues based on old-fashioned ideas: take time to build the narrative, observe your characters closely, judge not, and go deep with the emotions.” ~ Paul Byrnes, The Age/The Sydney Morning Herald.