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Bookmark this page10:30 P.M. Summer (1966)
Director: Jules Dassin
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From Time Out Film Guide
Nobody had a good word to say for this adaptation of Marguerite Duras' novel which, though a potentially good script (by Duras and Dassin), is treated so heavily that it becomes risible. Finch and Schneider play a couple deciding whether to or not, while Finch's alcoholic wife (Mercouri) goes bananas to the point of being obsessed by a local crime passionel. Much of the blame can be attributed directly to Mercouri's barnstorming performance, though the inappropriately tarted-up Spanish postcard settings don't help either. Strange that a director like Dassin, who spearheaded the neo-realist movement in Hollywood after World War II, should look so completely out of touch with any level of reality in later years.Author: CPe
Cast & crew
Director: Jules Dassin
Producer: Jules Dassin, Anatole Litvak
Cast: Melina Mercouri, Romy Schneider, Peter Finch, Julián Mateos, Beatríz Savón full cast
Duration: 85 mins
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