Elizabeth and her daughter Cecile spend their holidays at a lakeside resort in the French mountains. Elizabeth falls in love with a strange Italian, Giovanni, while young Cecile is courted by an apprentice cook. It seems that mother and daughter are drifting apart from each other, but then their holidays are over.
Acting
Romy Schneider's eyes do three films' worth of emotional work in every glance.
Cinematography
That lake light — all golden-hour longing and water that remembers everything.
Director
Jean-Claude Brialy
Romy Schneider
Elizabeth
Nino Castelnuovo
Giovanni
Suzanne Flon
Mrs. Edith
Mehdi El Glaoui
Georges
Bénédicte Bucher
Cécile
Jean-Claude Brialy
Seducer
Philippe Castelli
Doorman
Louis Navarre
Maitre d'hotel
Pierre Mirat
Boss of the cafe
Albert Michel
Cafe customer
Ermanno Casanova
Georges' father
Roselyne Vuillaume
Claudine
Dany Jacquet
Client of the hotel
Danielle Durou
Marie-Thérése
David Gabison
Waiter
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Jean-Claude Brialy cast himself as the smarmy seducer who gets rejected — apparently he found it hilarious to play the guy who loses.
This was Romy Schneider's return to French cinema after personal tragedy; critics noted her performance carried an extra layer of lived melancholy.
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