France 1939: One Last Summer
A collection of home movies, diaries and letters from the last summer before the start of the Second World War reveals how far the impending conflict was away from the minds of ordinary French people.
61 mins
Gustave Folcher, a French farmer, wrote in his 1939 diary that the summer had been long and hot. He was not alone. Many other anonymous French men and women wrote of the beauty and warmth of those summer months and how threats of war were far from their minds. Through home movies, diaries and letters, One Last Summer describes the final weeks of peace in France and the mix of blindness, denial and prophetic clear-sightedness of those facing the war that was about to unfold.
Ruth Zylberman
Director
Céline Nusse
Producer
Nicolas Repac
Original Music Composer
Valérie Loiseleux
Editor
Marie-Hélène Barbéris
Researcher
Arnaud Ledoux
Sound Editor
Isabelle Laclau
Color Grading
Alice Tubert
Production Assistant
Arno Ledoux
Sound Recordist
Aurélien Bony
Sound Recordist
Anaïs Berthier
Assistant Editor
Olivier Marquézy
Graphic Designer
Florence Guinaudeau
Production Manager
Léa Lagan
Production Assistant
Alexis Coudray
Production Assistant
Florian Lobstein
Technical Supervisor
Claude Szwimer
Production Manager
Xavier Martinot
Production Manager
Benjamin Gourier
Production Assistant
Claudine Mourette
Production Assistant
Nadine Belkacemi
Production Assistant