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One Deadly Summer [VHS] [1983]

VHS ~ Isabelle Adjani
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Isabelle Adjani, Alain Souchon, Suzanne Flon, Jenny Clève, Maria Machado
  • Directors: Jean Becker
  • Writers: Jean Becker, Sébastien Japrisot
  • Producers: Christine Beyout
  • Format: PAL, Subtitled
  • Language French
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Nouveaux Pictures
  • VHS Release Date: 19 Feb 2001
  • Run Time: 127 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004CJOE
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 9,941 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

Fuelled by a scorchingly erotic performance from Isabelle Adjani, the ingeniously plotted One Deadly Summer spirals from provincial drama into a disturbing and complex psychological thriller, proving itself among the most under-rated of modern French films. In the hottest summer since Body Heat, Eliane (Adjani) and local mechanic Pin Pon (Alain Souchon) begin an affair then marry. From this starting point (a similar plot device to Chabrol's Le Boucher, 1969), life in a beautiful small town in Southern France begins to come apart. Under Jean Becker's direction every character is fully rounded, and the naturalistic tone adds considerably to the impact of an intense drama that offers the perfect showcase for Adjani, establishing once and for all what an extraordinarily accomplished actress she can be. Where Beatrice Dalle in Betty Blue was similarly erotically charged and mentally unstable, Eliane has a dark and obsessive agenda that anticipates the sexual psychosis of Basic Instinct. Combining an art-house love of the French countryside with more class than a dozen Hollywood erotic thrillers, One Deadly Summer is a striking vision of sex gone bad which builds to a shocking climax. It deserves to take its place as a modern classic. --Gary S Dalkin


Synopsis

Complex story of rape, murder and bungled revenge in a small French village. French dialogue.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible sensuality from Isablle Adjani, 6 Sep 2001
If you have not fallen for Adjani by the end of this file, check your pulse, you are probably dead! What seems like a bog standard 'boy meets girl, boy fancies girl, boy marries girl' film suddenly turns dark. The elaborate plot is taken along at a swift pace with superb acting throughout. The hilarious interaction between Adjani and the 'Mad' Grandmother, although short, stands out. This is a film that lingers in the memory not least for the erotically charged performance of Isabelle Adjani as she struts and pouts and schemes her way to revenge.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Aching beauty, 26 Dec 2005
By Hill Walker "Pennine Dweller" (The Pennines of course!) - See all my reviews
This review is from: One Deadly Summer [DVD] (DVD)
I saw this film many years ago and it still holds wonderful images for me. The peerless beauty of Ms Adjani is matched by the horror of her character's childhood nightmare. Summer in France is breathtakingly photographed
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18 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars revenge cannot heal a soul filled up with traumata ..., 26 Aug 2005
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This review is from: One Deadly Summer [DVD] (DVD)
The murders are committed exclusively by men - however all, because they are bedeviled by: Isabelle Adjani. With an easy attitude she and her film-director use nudity as a screen-attraction (1984) - though the subject of the script (1977) was about neurotic and psychotic manners, about borderline personality disorder, about hate - and about the fact, that revenge cannot heal a soul filled up with traumata. The climax of the growing mental illness of Isabelle Adjani (in the role of Elle) does not allow any typical Hollywood happy end ...
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4.0 out of 5 stars bittersweet eye-candy
A splendidly retro view of rural goings-on. plenty of twists in a plot that develops out of what feels like voyeuristic hokum initially. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Richard J. Jardine

2.0 out of 5 stars Sorry guys, but...
I can't see the point of this unless you are super keen to watch Adjani prancing around wearing nothing except a pout and high heels. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Four Violets

5.0 out of 5 stars Secrets and Lies!
When the beautiful and provocative young Elle (performed brilliantly by Isabelle Adjani) flounces and pouts into a somnambulent Provencal village the inhabitants wake up with a... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Elodie

5.0 out of 5 stars impressive
sunshine-nice characters-good plor..
adjani really shines on the role..

abit late seventies dress however!!

overall very good...

Published on 9 Jul 2004 by A

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