Summer Things

Summer Things
French theatrical release poster
FrenchEmbrassez qui vous voudrez
Directed byMichel Blanc
Written byMichel Blanc
Based onSummer Things
by Joseph Connolly
Produced byYves Marmion
Starring
CinematographySean Bobbitt
Edited byMaryline Monthieux
Music byMark Russell
Production
companies
Mercury Film Productions
Dan Films
Alia Film
France 2 Cinéma
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 9 October 2002 (2002-10-09) (France)[1]
  • 31 October 2002 (2002-10-31) (Italy)[1]
  • 4 March 2003 (2003-03-04) (United Kingdom)[2]
Running time
103 minutes[2]
Countries
Languages
  • French[1]
  • English
Budget€11.4 million[3]
Box officeUS$8,7 million[4]

Summer Things (French: Embrassez qui vous voudrez; Italian: Baciate chi vi pare, also known as See How They Run) is a 2002 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Michel Blanc, based on the 1998 novel of the same name by Joseph Connolly. The ensemble cast includes Charlotte Rampling, Jacques Dutronc, Carole Bouquet, Michel Blanc, Karin Viard, Gaspard Ulliel and Mélanie Laurent. The film is a co-production between France, the United Kingdom and Italy.

The film was released to critical acclaim and was a box-office hit in France, with over 1 million tickets sold. Karin Viard won the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Véronique. Gaspard Ulliel won the Lumières Award for Most Promising Actor for his performance as Loïc.

  1. ^ a b c d e f "See How They Run". UniFrance. Archived from the original on 6 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b "EMBRASSEZ QUI VOUS VOUDREZ - SUMMER THINGS". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 14 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Embrassez qui vous voudrez (2002)". JPBox-Office (in French). Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Summer Things (2002)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 14 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.