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Drama | France | French with English subs | Colour | 97min | aka - 'La Baule-les Pins'
w/ Nathalie Baye, Richard Berry, Zabou Breitman, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Vincent Lindon, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Julie Bataille
An autobiographical slice of life from Diane Kurys, a bitter-sweet recollection of a seemingly idyllic summer at the seaside in 1958.
Packed off with their nanny, Frédérique (13) and Sophie (6) are happy enough playing on the beach, but it's clear that all is not right between their parents.
Their mother, Léna (Nathalie Baye) joins them only when summer is beginning to pall, and she is alone.
For the most part, Kurys concentrates on the childish hi-jinks of the sisters and their cousins, but she subtly incorporates other perspectives too, exploring the ramifications of the parents' divorce through countless quietly affecting details.
This is delightfully evocative film-making, bringing an unerringly authentic touch to the most intangible circumstances - childhood, memory, love gone sour - maintaining an even, unblinking vision that allows for a great deal of humour as well as heartache, and extracting performances from children and adults alike that ring true.