Summer Hours | |
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Directed by | Olivier Assayas |
Written by | Olivier Assayas |
Produced by | Charles Gillibert Marin Karmitz Nathanaël Karmitz |
Starring | Juliette Binoche Charles Berling Jérémie Renier |
Cinematography | Eric Gautier |
Edited by | Luc Barnier |
Distributed by | MK2 Films |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Budget | $3.8 million [1] |
Box office | $7.8 million [2] |
Summer Hours (French: L'Heure d'été) is a 2008 French drama film written and directed by Olivier Assayas. It is the second in a series of films produced by the Musée d'Orsay, after Flight of the Red Balloon. In the film, two brothers and a sister witness the disappearance of their childhood memories when they must relinquish a family summer house and collection after the death of their mother. The film was a critical triumph in the United States.