At the start of summer vacation, Delphine has just suffered the breakup of a relationship and her traveling companion has ditched her so that her new boyfriend can accompany her to Greece instead. She is left without plans at a time when Paris is emptying for the summer. Another friend invites Delphine to join a beach party in Cherbourg for the weekend, but she finds that she is the only one amongst the group who is single so she quickly returns to Paris. Her family pressures her to spend the holidays with them in Ireland, but she resists. She travels alone to the Alps, but is put off by hordes of vacationers and turns around. Traveling restlessly, the theme of the movie (characterized by Roger Ebert) becomes clear: Delphine "is incapable of playing the dumb singles games that lead to one-night stands".[2]
She meets a new girlfriend, who flirts with two young men and she flees in anger. She recoils from the chat-up lines of the guys she meets in bars and on trains. She simply cannot engage in that kind of mindless double-talk any longer. Beneath her boredom is genuine anger at the roles that single women are sometimes expected to play.[2] While in Biarritz, she eavesdrops on a conversation about Jules Verne's novel Le Rayon Vert (The Green Ray). According to Verne, when one sees a rare green flash at sunset, one's own thoughts and those of others are revealed as if by magic. At the Biarritz railway station she meets a young man who is travelling to Saint-Jean-de-Luz. She goes with him and together they observe le rayon vert (the green flash).
In 1980, Rohmer began a series of films each based on a proverb, the "Comedies and Proverbs". The fifth of the series was The Green Ray in 1986.[3] The theme was given by a phrase from Arthur Rimbaud, Ah ! que le temps vienne / Où les cœurs s'éprennent ("Oh! May the time come when hearts fall in love").[4] Rohmer said that "I was struck by the naturalness of television interviews. You can say that here, nature is perfect. If you look for it, you find it because people forget the cameras". As was becoming his custom in pre-production, Rohmer gathered his cast together to discuss the project and their characters and allowed each actor to invent their dialogue. Rohmer stated that lead actress Marie Rivière "is the one who called the shots, not only by what she said, but by the way she'd speak, the way she'd question people, and also by the questions her character evoked from the others"[This quote needs a citation]
The film was shot chronologically and in 16 mm so as to be "as inconspicuous as possible, to have Delphine blend into the crowd as a way, ultimately, of accentuating her isolation". Rohmer also instructed his cinematographer, Sophie Maintigneux, to keep technical aspects of the shoot to a minimum so as to not interrupt or distract the actors. The film's only major expense was a trip to the Canary Islands to film the green rays there. Rohmer chose to premiere the film on Canal Plus, a pay-TV station that paid $130,000 for the film, which was one fifth of its budget.[5] Rohmer stated, "Cinema here will survive only because of television. Without such an alliance we won't be able to afford French films".[This quote needs a citation] The experiment paid off when the film was a commercial success after being released three days after its initial broadcast.[citation needed]
ReceptionEdit
The Green Ray won the Golden Lion and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1986 Venice Film Festival. It was mostly praised by film critics, although Alain Robbe-Grillet wrote an unfavourable review, stating, "I didn't like it very much".[6] In the 2012 Sight & Sound polls of the greatest films ever made, The Green Ray made the top-10 lists of six critics and three directors.[7]Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 3 out of 4 and wrote Rohmer "is interested in the times between the big moments, the times when boredom and disenchantment set in" and "Perhaps he believes that you can best judge a person's character by observing how they behave when they feel they are not being judged".[2]
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The Green Ray French Le Rayon vert released in North America as Summer is a 1986 French romantic drama film written and directed by Eric Rohmer It is the fifth instalment in Rohmer s Comedies and Proverbs series The film was inspired by the novel of the same name by Jules Verne It was shot in France on 16 mm film and much of the dialogue is improvised The film won the Golden Lion and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1986 Venice Film Festival The Green RayTheatrical release posterFrenchLe Rayon vertDirected byEric RohmerWritten byEric Rohmer Marie Riviere a Produced byMargaret MenegozStarringMarie Riviere Vincent Gauthier Rosette Carita Beatrice Romand Lisa HerediaCinematographySophie MaintigneuxEdited byMaria Luisa GarciaMusic byJean Louis ValeroProductioncompanyLes Films du losangeDistributed byLes Films du losangeRelease dates29 August 1986 1986 08 29 United States 3 September 1986 1986 09 03 France Running time98 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrenchBudget4 million F 615 000 1 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Reception 5 Notes 6 References 7 External linksPlot EditAt the start of summer vacation Delphine has just suffered the breakup of a relationship and her traveling companion has ditched her so that her new boyfriend can accompany her to Greece instead She is left without plans at a time when Paris is emptying for the summer Another friend invites Delphine to join a beach party in Cherbourg for the weekend but she finds that she is the only one amongst the group who is single so she quickly returns to Paris Her family pressures her to spend the holidays with them in Ireland but she resists She travels alone to the Alps but is put off by hordes of vacationers and turns around Traveling restlessly the theme of the movie characterized by Roger Ebert becomes clear Delphine is incapable of playing the dumb singles games that lead to one night stands 2 She meets a new girlfriend who flirts with two young men and she flees in anger She recoils from the chat up lines of the guys she meets in bars and on trains She simply cannot engage in that kind of mindless double talk any longer Beneath her boredom is genuine anger at the roles that single women are sometimes expected to play 2 While in Biarritz she eavesdrops on a conversation about Jules Verne s novel Le Rayon Vert The Green Ray According to Verne when one sees a rare green flash at sunset one s own thoughts and those of others are revealed as if by magic At the Biarritz railway station she meets a young man who is travelling to Saint Jean de Luz She goes with him and together they observe le rayon vert the green flash Cast EditMarie Riviere as Delphine Amira Chemakhi as a friend of Delphine s in Paris Lisa Heredia fr as Manuella in Paris Beatrice Romand as Beatrice in Paris Rosette as Francoise in Paris Eric Hamm as Edouard in Cherbourg Carita as Lena in Biarritz Marc Vivas as Pierrot in Biarritz Joel Comarlot as Joel in Biarritz Vincent Gauthier fr as Jacques in BiarritzProduction EditIn 1980 Rohmer began a series of films each based on a proverb the Comedies and Proverbs The fifth of the series was The Green Ray in 1986 3 The theme was given by a phrase from Arthur Rimbaud Ah que le temps vienne Ou les cœurs s eprennent Oh May the time come when hearts fall in love 4 Rohmer said that I was struck by the naturalness of television interviews You can say that here nature is perfect If you look for it you find it because people forget the cameras As was becoming his custom in pre production Rohmer gathered his cast together to discuss the project and their characters and allowed each actor to invent their dialogue Rohmer stated that lead actress Marie Riviere is the one who called the shots not only by what she said but by the way she d speak the way she d question people and also by the questions her character evoked from the others This quote needs a citation The film was shot chronologically and in 16 mm so as to be as inconspicuous as possible to have Delphine blend into the crowd as a way ultimately of accentuating her isolation Rohmer also instructed his cinematographer Sophie Maintigneux to keep technical aspects of the shoot to a minimum so as to not interrupt or distract the actors The film s only major expense was a trip to the Canary Islands to film the green rays there Rohmer chose to premiere the film on Canal Plus a pay TV station that paid 130 000 for the film which was one fifth of its budget 5 Rohmer stated Cinema here will survive only because of television Without such an alliance we won t be able to afford French films This quote needs a citation The experiment paid off when the film was a commercial success after being released three days after its initial broadcast citation needed Reception EditThe Green Ray won the Golden Lion and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1986 Venice Film Festival It was mostly praised by film critics although Alain Robbe Grillet wrote an unfavourable review stating I didn t like it very much 6 In the 2012 Sight amp Sound polls of the greatest films ever made The Green Ray made the top 10 lists of six critics and three directors 7 Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times gave the film 3 out of 4 and wrote Rohmer is interested in the times between the big moments the times when boredom and disenchantment set in and Perhaps he believes that you can best judge a person s character by observing how they behave when they feel they are not being judged 2 Notes Edit CollaborationReferences Edit Miller Judith 10 September 1986 Eric Rohmer Film Poet With an Eye on the Budget The New York Times p C17 a b c Ebert Roger 24 October 1986 Summer movie review amp film summary 1986 Chicago Sun Times via RogerEbert com Anderst Leah 13 March 2014 The Films of Eric Rohmer French New Wave to Old Master Springer ISBN 978 1 137 01100 8 Le Spectacle du monde in French Spectacle du monde 1986 We filmed the green ray in the Canary Islands English Revista 7iM Revista 7iM in Spanish 28 February 2016 Retrieved 25 August 2023 Wakeman John 1988 World Film Directors Volume 2 1945 1985 New York H W Wilson pp 919 928 Votes for Le Rayon vert 1986 British Film Institute Archived from the original on 17 January 2018 Retrieved 21 July 2019 External links EditThe Green Ray at IMDb nbsp The Green Ray at AllMovie nbsp The Green Ray at AlloCine in French nbsp The Green Ray at Rotten Tomatoes nbsp The Green Ray at the TCM Movie Database nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Green Ray film amp oldid 1180148434, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
