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Le rendez-vous de l'été

That Summer in Paris
Perspectives 2025
© 2024 Comme des Cinemas - Cinq de Trefle Productions
France, August 2024, and the Olympic Games are in full swing. Thirty-year-old Blandine arrives in Paris to watch the swimming competitions, reunite with a half-sister she has not seen in ten years and meet her young niece for the first time. Blandine has come from Normandy, where she has grown accustomed to peace and solitude. In Paris, she finds herself immersed in the hustle and bustle of a city where different rules seem to apply. As the days go by, she meets new people, gets lost, hesitates, picks up old threads, establishes new ones and, eventually, finds her way back to herself. Blandine drafts a new map for her spirit and soul as she navigates her way through the heart of a city completely dominated by this extraordinary event.
by Valentine Cadic (Director), Mariette Désert (Screenplay)
with Blandine Madec, India Hair, Arcadi Radeff, Matthias Jacquin, Lou Deleuze, Béryl Gastaldello France 2025 French 77' Colour World premiere | Debut film

With

  • Blandine Madec (Blandine)
  • India Hair (Julie)
  • Arcadi Radeff (Benjamin)
  • Matthias Jacquin (Paul)
  • Lou Deleuze (Alma)
  • Béryl Gastaldello (Béryl)

Crew

Director Valentine Cadic
Screenplay Mariette Désert
Cinematography Naomi Amarger
Editing Lisa Raymond
Music Saint DX
Sound Design Olivier Goinard
Production Design Sarah Jane Morelli
Casting Laure Cochener
Producers Arnaud Bruttin, Antoine Jouve, Masa Sawada
Executive Producer Côme Chobert-Passot

Produced by

Comme des Cinémas

Cinq de Trèfle Productions

World Sales

Urban Sales

Photos

Valentine Cadic

© Agathe Karsenti

The director and actor has appeared in films including Ava, directed by Léa Mysius, and Nos batailles by Guillaume Sénez. She is a founding member of Les Filmeuses, an organisation created in 2020 to support women in film. Between 2020 and 2023, she made several short fiction and documentary films. Le rendez-vous de l’été is her debut feature.

Filmography

2020 Omaha Beach; short film 2022 La Nuit n’en finit plus; short documentary · Les Grandes Vacances; short film 2024 La Saisonnière; short documentary 2025 Le rendez-vous de l'été (That Summer in Paris)

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2025