Summer of 85 QA with François Ozon, Benjamin Voisin, and Félix Lefebvre

François Ozon s Summer of 85 is an official selection of RendezVous with French Cinema 2021. Normandy, 1985. Budding teenage writer Alexis (Félix Lefebvre, Schools Out, RendezVous 2019) capsizes while hes out sailing on a stormy afternoon, but hes saved from certain death by the statuesque, mercurial David (Benjamin Voisin). They become fast friends, and Alexis starts working for Davids affectionate but scattered mother (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, star and director of A Castle in Italy). Alexiss attraction to David soon blossoms into passion, but turns, by the end of the summer, into a deeper meditation on mortality and the unknown. Awash in sunkissed pastels and periodappropriate tracks from The Cure, Summer of 85 is a cursed romance in the key of Rimbaud and Verlaine that pulls apart the comforts of nostalgia in the heat of the present. A Music Box release. Nominated for 12 César Awards including Best Film, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. More info: