Summer Hours

Erik Gregersen

Great story about three siblings having to break up their mother's estate. I'm surprised that this topic has seldom been done before, even though we will all have to do it (and it will be done to our possessions after we go). If I was French, this film would be very worrying, since France and the mother's estate are things whose day has passed, and now the best bits should be put in a museum for tourists to gawp at.

Beneezy

I didn't know what to do after seeing Summer Hours. I was literally in tears at the end of this film. I felt like I was 'caged' just like the Majorelle desk. Rare and raw!

Ouibonjour

I burst into tears when Eloise came home with the flowers looking for a vase when they were collecting items from the house. Definitely a defining moment in this film.

MATTEO BITTANTI

One of Assayas' finest works. Pierre Bourdieu would have loved it. This should be watched in conjunction with Nicole Holofcener's Please Give. They both deal with material culture, status, social capital, and the changing lifestyles of the upper middle class.

Roberto Russo

You guys have said it all. Sublte and visually perfect. Interest in art is decaying from generation to generation, values are always changing. In a bad way, unfortunately.

Joks

Good film but Assayas lets the characters off the hook a little by having them all work in different countries. I understand the reason for doing this, and it allows us to consider the more subjective concept of value from a number of alternate perspectives, but the relativist view of selling out vs preservation is a bitter pill to swallow. Kudos for not dividing values completely across generational lines

Olivia Reneé Saldívar

The best art direction in 10,000 years. Bad news was a three year old could have picked apart the social commentary and simple plot points.

Erik Villasenor

speaks wonders about contemporary living and globalization, along with many deep emotions. truely touching imagery, great stuff.