Summer Hours (2008)
Starring Charles Berling, Edith Scob, Juliette Binoche, Jérémie Renier, Isabelle Sadoyan, Alice de Lencquesaing, Émile Berling, Dominique Reymond, Valérie Bonneton, Kyle Eastwood, Sara Martins
IHBM8Very good
Two brothers and a sister witness the disappearance of their childhood memories when they must relinquish the family belongings to ensure their deceased mother's succession.
My review · Reviewed 06/15/2019
This was a film where adults had to come to terms with the mortality of a parent but it is really so much more than that. This is another example of why it is so important to watch films made in other countries - they aren't bound to a specific way of telling a story.
Roger Ebert said it best:
The actors all find the correct notes. It is a French film, and so they are allowed to be adult and intelligent. They are not the creatures of a screenplay that hurries them along. The film is not about what will happen. It is about them.