The film skillfully balances the sweeping energy of the women’s liberation movement with the intimate, often painful, struggle of living authentically.
Set in 1971, the film follows (Izïa Higelin), a farm girl who flees her conservative upbringing for the intellectual electricity of Paris. There, she meets Carole (Cécile de France), a passionate Spanish teacher and feminist militant. Their immediate attraction sparks a transformative love affair that is soon tested by the harsh realities of class, duty, and social expectation. The Personal Meets the Political Summertime(2015)
: When Delphine is called home following her father’s stroke, Carole joins her. The idyllic farm setting becomes a place of secrecy, where the "rules" of rural life threaten to extinguish their liberation. A Legacy of Real-World Inspiration The film skillfully balances the sweeping energy of