The Green Ray (film)

Infobox Film
name = The Green Ray
caption = UK DVD Cover
director = Éric Rohmer
producer = Margaret Ménégoz
writer = Eric Rohmer
Marie Rivière
starring = Marie Rivière
music = Jean-Louis Valéro
cinematography = Sophie Maintigneux
editing = María Luisa García
distributor =
released = 1986
runtime = 98 min.
language = French
budget =
imdb_id = 0091830

"The Green Ray" ( _fr. Le Rayon vert) is a 1986 film by Éric Rohmer. It is released as "Summer" in North America. The film stars Marie Rivière, Rosette, Béatrice Romand, Carita and Vincent Gauthier. It is named for the novel of the same name by Jules Verne. It was shot in France on 16mm film and much of the dialogue is improvised.

The film won the FIPRESCI Prize and the Golden Lion at the 1986 Venice Film Festival.

Plot

The movie opens at the start of Delphine's summer vacation. Her travel companion has ditched her and she mopes around Paris, depressed and self-pitying. Her friends urge her to get out there and meet new people. She visits several locations, but can never seem to find what she wants: happiness and true love. At Biarritz train station she meets a young man who is travelling to Saint-Jean-de-Luz. She goes with him and together they fall in love in front of the warm glow of sunset; and "le rayon vert" (the Green flash).

External links

*imdb title|id=0091830|title=Le Rayon vert

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title=Golden Lion winner
years=1986
before="Vagabond"
after="Au revoir les enfants"