

One Deadly Summer
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?
Top Cast

Isabelle Adjani
Eliane Wieck, aka 'Elle'

Alain Souchon
Fiorimonto Montecciari, aka 'Pin-Pon'

Suzanne Flon
Nine, aka 'Cognata'

Jenny Clève
Mrs. Montecciari, Pin-Pon's Mother

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

Evelyne Didi
Miss Dieu, aka 'Calamité', schoolmistress of Eliane

Jean Gaven
Leballech, boss of the sawmill

François Cluzet
Mickey, brother of Pin-Pon

Manuel Gélin
Boubou, brother of Pin-Pon

Roger Carel
Henri, aka 'Henri IV', owner of Pin-Pon
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About One Deadly Summer
One Deadly Summer is a mystery, drama, crime film released in 1983 exploring themes of abandoned house, murder, summer, sensuality, rape and revenge. Directed by Jean Becker, it stars Isabelle Adjani, Alain Souchon, Suzanne Flon. 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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