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.

Richmond Hill

Never quite sure if it’s not just a shop window for the Musee D’Orsay – part funded by them – but a satisfyingly slim elegy about value – family, art, memory, etc. that’s fluidly shot and tautly performed by the ensemble.

Lynch/Fellini

Olivier Assayas crafted a mature family drama that is devoid of sentimentality while simultaneously remaining breezy.

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.

Wee Hunk

There was a time when people didn't disperse far and wide. It happens to friends and family. The family dynamic suffers from it making people isolated. It also benefits from it as well, as distance makes the heart grow fonder.