A Summer's Tale

2014 • 114 minutes

About this movie

New HD restoration. Gaspard (Melvil Poupaud), a recent university graduate, arrives at the seaside in Bretagne for three weeks' vacation before starting a new job. He's hoping his sort-of girlfriend, the fickle Lena (Aurelia Nolin), will join him there; but as the days pass, he welcomes the interest of Margot (Amanda Langlet,the titular character from Rohmer's PAULINE AT THE BEACH), a student of ethnology working as a waitress for the summer. Things start to get complicated when the spoken-for Margot encourages Gaspard to have a summer romance with her friend, Solne (Gwenaelle Simon), and he complies. When Lena turns up, and scheduling complications abound, Gaspard will have to make a choice...