Summer of 85

What do you dream of when you're a 16-year-old and in a seaside resort in Normandy in the 80s? A best friend? A lifelong teen pact? Scooting off on adventures on a boat or a motorbike? Living life at breakneck speed? No. You dream of death. Because you can't get a bigger kick than dying. And that's why you save it till the very end. The summer holidays are just beginning, and this story recounts how Alex grew into himself.

Keywords

  • Best Movies By Queer Directors
  • Best of 2020
  • Cine-Short: 90 Minutes of cinema
  • Cinema@home
  • Festival de Cannes
  • Focus: François Ozon
  • Les César 2021
  • Pride Month
  • Pride month : our selection
  • Summer
  • Summertime Movies
  • TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival

Actors

  • Félix Lefebvre
  • Benjamin Voisin
  • Valeria Bruni‑Tedeschi
  • Melvil Poupaud
  • Philippine Velge

Director

  • François Ozon

Drama, Queer

1h 40min

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France
2020
What do you dream of when you're a 16-year-old and in a seaside resort in Normandy in the 80s? A best friend? A lifelong teen pact? Scooting off on adventures on a boat or a motorbike? Living life at breakneck speed? No. You dream of death. Because you can't get a bigger kick than dying. And that's why you save it till the very end. The summer holidays are just beginning, and this story recounts how Alex grew into himself.

What do you dream of when you're a 16-year-old and in a seaside resort in Normandy in the 80s? A best friend? A lifelong teen pact? Scooting off on adventures on a boat or a motorbike? Living life at breakneck speed? No. You dream of death. Because you can't get a bigger kick than dying. And that's why you save it till the very end. The summer holidays are just beginning, and this story recounts how Alex grew into himself.


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