A Disappointing Continuation

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

A real little surprise. I fell upon this film by chance and was immediately charmed by its quiet and soothing atmosphere. The dialog is intelligent and refreshingly innocent, yet philosophical and mature. The young people are fresh faced and attractive, but brilliant and natural in their performances. A real slice of life of a young musician courted by 3 young ladies during his summer vacationing in Bretagne. The young man befriends a cute waitress Margot who secretly likes him but keeps things platonic as he is hoping to meet his love interest Lena. He hopes to meet her randomly as they had before. He considers these events might be fate and explores his philosophy with Margot. He is a musician and yet much more. His complexity reveals itself to us realistically, as if we really were getting to know him. His rejection of commercial opportunities belies his intelligence and his grounded mannerism. The ending is a nice little twist which makes you smile and I sure hope you sit down with this film when you feel like a little summer vacation on the couch. This film made me feel young again and it reminded me that a story can be engaging without being intense or in your face. An honest little jewel of a film with no pretensions. Highly recommended.

Summer. A boy. Three girls. And some small decisions. A delicate vision about the form of gesture. About self-definition. And about the things who makes a way more than intention. It may be understand as love-story, comedy or french movie who describe nothing with a rain of words. But, in fact, is only a mirror. An insignificant question about life as spider web. And definition of love's nuances. At first sight, the problems presented are parts of a single age. In fact, they are only roots. Minimalistic and refreshing, as a summer morning, it is a good occasion to define personal word and causes of decisions. Slowly, at leisure. A phone call may be the perfect answer.

Conte d'été is just a great movie because it reflects how life is instead of demonstrating how it should or could be. There's absolutely nothing happening that makes you wonder: "What the hell is going on now" It could be the real holiday story somebody tells his good friends. It's so brilliantly realistic almost like a documentary movie. However, this doesn't mean there is no interesting plot. It's just pure life, there are real dialogues not this awful kind of small talks and pseudo intellectual nonsense which we know too good from Hollywood movies. Also the director has a feeling for significant details. The music scenes are just great and the landscape is just wonderful. Now I think I have to discover the Bretagne myself.... Some may criticize that the protagonists seem so helpless and remain unsatisfied during the plot but as I said, this movie demonstrates how life is and not how it should be. This is a very important difference. Of course the end is somehow unsatisfying but this is life and from some point of view it's a happy ending, too. Apart from that, it's not correct calling Gaspard a dull person as many did. He's shy and he's an artist. He doesn't like to be in a group and so on. But his character which lead to this unusual behaviour makes him so interesting. He is not showing emotions very often but in every moment you can imagine he is in an inner struggle.

This is about a guy and the three girls he is seeing during summer in the French seaside. He seems unable or unwilling to be clear about his emotional life. So do the girls, each in their own way. This is a movie with lots of talking, and not much high intensity. You do get some uneasy scenes, and it does manage to get you curious about the outcome: who will he eventually choose? I suppose the director wanted to do a movie about the confused feelings of some young people of today. Anyway, the actors are beautiful, and so is the seashore. I found it, in the end, quite uplifting.