Our Eternal Summer

  • Emilie Aussel
  • France
  • 2021
  • 75'
  • L'Été l'éternité

Inseparable Lisa and Lola are turning 18 and decide to spend the summer with a group of friends on a beach in the Mediterranean city of Marseille. The days are carefree and life is beautiful and full of endless possibilities. One night Lola goes for a swim and never comes out. During that night, young friends will become painfully aware of how fragile and fleeting life is. Lise will have to face the future without her best friend. As she wanders the city, chance encounters open up new perspectives for her. A tender coming-of-age story, winner of the Special Jury Prize in Locarno.

Subtitles: EN, HR

Emilie Aussel

(1980, France) studied fine arts then cinema at Le Fresnoy. After creating video art and installations, she turned to narrative fiction, with four shorts focused on coming-of-age stories, presented at festivals in Rotterdam, Clermont-Ferrand and others. Our Eternal Summer is her debut feature film.

Our Eternal Summer

Director
Emilie Aussel
Screenplay
Émilie Aussel, Emmanuelle Bayamack-Tam, Yacine Badday
Cast
Agathe Talrich, Marcia Feugeas, Matthieu Lucci, Idir Azougli, Nina Villanova, Antonin Totot, Rose Timbert, Louis Pluton, Safinah Mixty Mihidjay, Emmanuel Rol
DOP
Mathieu Bertholet
Editing
Vincent Tricon
Producer
Thomas Ordonneau
Production
Shellac, Productions Autrement Dit
Festivals & Awards
Locarno Film Festival 2021 – Special Jury Award (Filmmakers of the Present); Tokyo Int'l Film Festival 2021

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