Word: moreau
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Starring Jeanne Moreau...
Shortly after, Jules' cousin sends three women friends of his to call on Jules. Jules and Jim have dinner with the women, and among them is one who has the face of the statue. Catherine (Jeanne Moreau) fascinates the two friends even more than the statue. Jules is especially attracted to her and the two become lovers. Catherine soon proves integral to Jules and Jim's relationship...
...JEAN R. MOREAU...
...darker implications. Director Waris Hussein doesn't try. His style is objective without being cool or repressed in the all-too- common English manner. He avoids playing for big laughs the mostly awful social situations in which his characters find themselves. Even a drunk scene between Plowright and Moreau is low-keyed. It is very agreeable to discover a movie in which everything is not foreshadowed, underlined, commented upon. In other words, The Summer House is disciplined in the way that British theatrical productions often are. As a result, the story's somewhat surprising conclusion actually surprises...
These are all wonderful performances, in which rue and survivors' courage are gently voiced, with nobody trying to steal a scene or, heaven forfend, the picture. Moreau is particularly fine, since her role is one that could so easily be domineering...