One Deadly Summer
One Deadly Summer
One Deadly Summer
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1983
2h 10m
6.9(217 votes)
Mystery
Drama
Crime

Overview

In spring 1976, a 19-year-old beauty, her German-born mother, and her crippled father move to the town of a firefighter nicknamed Pin-Pon. Everyone notices the provocative Eliane. She singles out Pin-Pon and soon is crying on his shoulder (she's myopic and hates her reputation as a dunce and as easy); she moves in with him, knits baby clothes, and plans their wedding. Is this love or some kind of plot? She asks Pin-Pon's mother and aunt about the piano in the barn: who delivered it on a November night in 1955? Why does she want to know, and what does it have to do with her mother's sorrows, her father's injury, this quick marriage, and the last name on her birth certificate?

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TF1 Films Production

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Cast & Crew

30 members
Acting

Isabelle Adjani

Eliane Wieck, aka 'Elle'

Isabelle Adjani
Acting

Alain Souchon

Fiorimonto Montecciari, aka 'Pin-Pon'

Alain Souchon
Acting

Suzanne Flon

Nine, aka 'Cognata'

Suzanne Flon
Acting

Jenny Clève

Mrs. Montecciari, Pin-Pon's Mother

Jenny Clève
Acting

Maria Machado

Paula Wieck Devigne, aka 'Eva Braun', Eliane's mother

Maria Machado
Acting

Evelyne Didi

Miss Dieu, aka 'Calamité', schoolmistress of Eliane

Evelyne Didi
Acting

Jean Gaven

Leballech, boss of the sawmill

Jean Gaven
Acting

François Cluzet

Mickey, brother of Pin-Pon

François Cluzet
Acting

Manuel Gélin

Boubou, brother of Pin-Pon

Manuel Gélin
Acting

Roger Carel

Henri, aka 'Henri IV', owner of Pin-Pon

Roger Carel
Acting

Michel Galabru

Gabriel Devigne, Eliane's father

Michel Galabru
Acting

Marie-Pierre Casey

Ms. Tussaud, nurse

Marie-Pierre Casey
Acting

Cécile Vassort

Josette,wife of Henri IV

Cécile Vassort
Acting

Édith Scob

Doctor

Édith Scob
Acting

Virginie Vignon

Lou Lou Lou

Virginie Vignon
Acting

Martin Lamotte

Georges Massigne

Martin Lamotte
Acting

Yves Afonso

Rostollan

Yves Afonso
Acting

Raymond Meunier

Mr. Brochard

Raymond Meunier
Acting

Jacques Dynam

Ferraldo, boss of transport company

Jacques Dynam
Acting

Jacques Nolot

Fiero

Jacques Nolot
Acting

Patrice Melennec

Pamier

Patrice Melennec
Acting

Daniel Langlet

Butler

Daniel Langlet
Acting

Max Morel

Touret, libidinous guy

Max Morel
Acting

Cynthia Sidney

Ophthalmologist

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Acting

Maïwenn

Eliane, child

Maïwenn
Acting

Pierre Gallon

Unknown Role

Pierre Gallon
Acting

Renaud Bossert

Unknown Role

No Image
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Marie Garcin

Unknown Role

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Laurence Claverie

Unknown Role

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Catherine Le Couey

Mrs. Brochard (uncredited)

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