Le Rendez-vous de l'été
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.
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Runtime
77 min -
Country
France -
Year of Presentation
2025 -
Year of Production
2025 -
Director
Valentine Cadic -
Cast
Blandine Madec, India Hair, Arcadi Radeff, Matthias Jacquin, Lou Deleuze, Béryl Gastaldello -
Production Company
Comme des Cinémas, Cinq de Trèfle Productions -
Berlinale Section
Perspectives -
Berlinale Category
Feature Film
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Biography Valentine Cadic
The director and actress has appeared in Léa Mysius’s Ava and Guillaume Sénéz’s Nos batailles, among other films. She is a founding member of Les Filmeuses, an initiative dedicated since 2020 to promoting women’s filmmaking. Between 2020 and 2023, she directed several short films and short documentaries. Le rendez-vous de l’été is her feature film debut.
Filmography Valentine Cadic
2020 Omaha Beach | 2022 La Nuit n’en finit plus | 2022 Les Grandes Vacances | 2024 La Saisonnière | 2025 Le rendez-vous de l'été (That Summer in Paris)