Catherine Corsini's 'Summertime' (aka 'La Belle Saison') (2015)
Her Head in FilmsMay 21, 202401:48:16

Catherine Corsini's 'Summertime' (aka 'La Belle Saison') (2015)

In this episode, I talk about Catherine Corsini's glorious 2015 film "Summertime" (aka "La Belle Saison"). Two women--Carole and Delphine--fall in love against the backdrop of the burgeoning women's movement in 1970s France. I discuss French feminism, the way Corsini represents lesbian love and desire, and much more.


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Full Show Notes

• The Guardians (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6213362/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2)
• Cousin Jules (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0128142/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0)
• Farrebique (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038522/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0)
• The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5298558/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1)
• Ways of Seeing (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1302546/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0)
• Minnie Bruce Pratt (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/minnie-bruce-pratt)
• Janis: Little Girl Blue (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3707114/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0)
• Paragraph 175 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0236576/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0)
• Dyketactics (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071450/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)
• My episode on James Ivory's MAURICE (https://herheadinfilms.simplecast.com/episodes/16b0bd2a)
• My episode on Donna Deitch's DESERT HEARTS (https://herheadinfilms.simplecast.com/episodes/18995529)
• My episode on  David Lean's BRIEF ENCOUNTER (https://herheadinfilms.simplecast.com/episodes/dcb4b37a)
• My episode on Nicolas Philibert's TO BE AND TO HAVE (https://herheadinfilms.simplecast.com/episodes/episode-94-nicolas-philibert-s-to-be-an)
• One Sings, The Other Doesn't (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076855/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0)
• Tori Amos's "Girl" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boNX-dl7VXc)

Sources

• Interview: Catherine Corsini on Love,  Activism, and Passion in 'Summertime' (Moveable Feast) (http://moveablefest.com/catherine-corsini-summertime/)
• Catherine Corsini on Pioneering Lesbian Feminists and 'Summertime' (Women and Hollywood) (https://womenandhollywood.com/catherine-corsini-on-pioneering-lesbian-feminists-and-summertime-f80af9854673/)
• Summertime: Catherine Corsini Interview (SBS) (https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/video/640852547872/Summertime-Catherine-Corsini-interview)
• Actress and Director Catherine Corsini on Summertime (Motion Picture Association) (https://www.motionpictures.org/2016/07/actress-director-catherine-corsini-summertime/)
• Francoise Picq: The History of Feminist Movements in France (http://francoisepicq.fr/the-history-of-feminist-movements-in-france/)
• From Revolution to Topless Protest: A Brief History of Feminism in France (The Bubble) (https://www.thebubble.org.uk/culture/history/from-revolution-to-topless-protest-a-brief-history-of-feminism-in-france/)
• What We Must Learn from the History of French Feminism: An Interview with Lisa Greenwald (Public Seminar) (https://publicseminar.org/2019/03/what-we-must-learn-from-the-history-of-french-feminism/)