Une hirondelle a fait le printemps
- Serrault: Adrien
- Mathilde Seigner: Sandrine Dumez
- Jean -Paul Roussillon Jean
- Frédéric Pierrot: Gérard
- Marc Berman: Stéphane
- Françoise Bette: Sandrine's mother
One swallow does the summer is a French comedy film directed by Christian Carion. The film opened in France on 5 September 2001, where he was seen by about 2.5 million viewers. In German cinema, he celebrated his premiere on August 1st of the following year.
Action
The successful Sandrine is 30 years old and internet specialist. She is bored by her job, with her boyfriend she has grown apart. In order to escape from, she begins a two- year course at an agricultural school. On several farms makes them in that time traineeships. She buys the secluded farm of the reclusive Adrien for 450,000 francs. The part of the court over which they can determine, they can rebuild. It offers school classes to learn about life on a farm, rented rooms as Gîtes de France and sold their goat cheese over the Internet even after Germany. All this is Adrien anathema. This has the right to a further 18 months to live on his former property until he can draw his nephew to Grenoble. He uses the unaccustomed leisure to observe suspicious Sandrine and their work - whenever possible - to obstruct. On the other hand she wants to be friends with him. Slowly, she noticed how he helps her with the heavy work. He soon gained confidence in them, resulting in a deep friendship developed.
Reviews
The lexicon of international film calls the film a " moody, stressed naturalistic filmed story of the approach of two generations and their outlooks on life ," the statement much about modern life in town and country beyond the usual clichés. In addition, he was a " moving debut film with glossy actors ".
Michael Ranze praised in Hamburg Evening Gazette of 1 August 2002 the film as " just as amusing as realistically told story " and " straight told dramedy ", but also always throw a " realistic view" of the work of farmers. This is primarily a merit of the " great actor duo " ( Michel Serrault and Mathilde Seigner ) and the " beautiful photographs from the French Alps ".
Matthias Grimm was in the film magazine Schnitt, Christian Carion be contrary to the " romantic theme of escapism " by a " realistic stoicism " that does not explain salvation as " fateful, metaphysical condition", but about the asceticism the " oral a natural place" propagating. Staying on this statement mandatory, the camera take back deliberately to play to their strengths in nuances. These were looks that " take moments too long," or the sound editor who knew " to contrast lifestyles and states of mind subtle ".
Awards
In the Cesar Awards, the film was nominated for Best debut and Best Supporting Actor in the categories.