Félix Lefebvre

Benjamin Voisin

Philippine Velge

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

Melvil Poupaud

Isabelle Nanty

Laurent Fernandez

Aurore Broutin

Bruno Lochet

Yoann Zimmer

Antoine Simony

Patrick Zimmermann

Samuel Brafman-Moutier

Benjamin Allouche

François Ozon

Nicolas Altmayer

Eric Altmayer

Laure Gardette

Hichame Alaouié

Jean-Benoît Dunckel

Brigitte Taillandier

Benoît Barouh

Aidan Chambers

Pierre Fontbonne

Luc Desportes

Virginie Toc

Lucile Cherdo

Nicolas Tonnerre

Lydia Bigard

François Chevreau

Chad Guégan

Franck-Pascal Alquinet

Thomas Caselli

Elodie Gay

Cristina Freitas

Jan Gagnaire

Pascaline Chavanne

Anaïs Duran

Jean-Claude Moireau

Nathalie Tabareau

Dominique Eyraud

Jérôme Di Cola

Jonathan Bernard

Antoine Charveriat

Alexandre Cauderlier

Quentin Mesguich

Aude Cathelin

Brendan Durand

Pascal Guégan

Elodie Demey

Jan Rubens

Antonin Gendre

Virginie Caussin

Benjamin Vandamme

Joris Martinez

Damien Buffard

Marco Luraschi

Robin Lallart

Catherine Taïeb

Frédéric Delrue

Jean-Paul Hurier

Julien Roig

Hubert Teissedre

Gildas Mercier

Nicolas Fioraso

Richard Deusy

Caroline Reynaud

Clément Selitzki

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Drama

Été 85

Mandarin Production

SCOPE Pictures

France 2 Cinéma

Playtime

RTBF

Belgium

France

English

Français

Summer of 85

based on novel or book

sailing

normandy, france

motorcycle

teenage boy

lgbt

lgbt teen

burlesque

summer job

seaside town

1980s

philosophical

lyrical

complex

teenage protagonist

loving

gay theme

inspirational

wistful

boys' love (bl)

ambivalent

baffled

bewildered

bold

celebratory

complicated

exhilarated

familiar

forceful

hopeful

SWITCH.

Francois Ozon's 'Summer of 85' is a bittersweet film, one that ultimately encourages its audience to embrace the joy and the heartache of first love, along with the ephemerality of having a life-changing presence in your life.
- Jake Watt

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https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-summer-of-85-a-refreshingly-nuanced-coming-of-age-story

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Félix Lefebvre (who reminded me, here, of a young Charlie Hunnam in "Queer as Folk" (1999)) is sixteen year old "Alex" who takes his friend's dinghy out for a sail and gets caught in a thunderstorm that capsizes his boat. Luckily for him, Benjamin Voisin ("David") is nearby and tows him ashore and into his mother's recuperative bathtub! The next six weeks are now depicted in a cleverly interwoven mix of current and recent storylines as we realise that a tragedy has occurred and that the two young men had something of a relationship during the intervening period. On the face of it - it's just a gay coming of age drama, but Levebvre has an intensity and innocence about him. His performance as the young man who falls so completely and utterly in love is heart-rending, sincere and stylishly captured by the photography - and must remind all of us of that first, inexplicable, "love" that we may well still recall to this day. To be fair, it is easy to see why he fell for the charismatic, exciting "David" - who offers him profound changes to his life, and to the rather linear options that most of us faced at 16 - job or school - but the story is more nuanced than that and though it is certainly not without some fairly substantial holes and inconsistencies, it sort of works. The Cure's "In Between Days" and an oddly effective "Sailing" from Rod Stewart provide a remarkably potent soundtrack that resonates not just the moment, but the sentiment too. Not, maybe, Ozon's finest work but I suspect we may see more roles from his young star in the future.

Summer of 85 Q&A with François Ozon, Benjamin Voisin, and Félix Lefebvre

LIVING ROOM Q&As: Summer of '85 with director François Ozon

Official UK Trailer

Summer of 85( 2020)

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A review by SWITCH.

Written by SWITCH. on Thu Mar 18 2021

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