Le Dernier Été

May. 14,1997      
Rating:
6.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

The story of Georges Mandel, an anti-Nazi French parliamentarian who refused to abdicate to the Vichy regime.

Jacques Villeret as  Georges Mandel
Catherine Frot as  Béatrice Bretty
Jean Davy as  Maréchal Pétain
Victor Garrivier as  Léon Blum
Geoffrey Bateman as  Le général Spears
Jean Lescot as  Le directeur de l'école
Pierre Baillot as  Le médecin Clément
Gérard Croce as  L'homme ministère PTT
Maurice Antoni as  L'huissier préfecture de Bordeaux
Pierre Banderet as  Le gardien de la Santé

Reviews

Afouotos
1997/05/14

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

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SeeQuant
1997/05/15

Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

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Aubrey Hackett
1997/05/16

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

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Payno
1997/05/17

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

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