France 1939: One Last Summer (1939, Un Dernier Été) 5 years old

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.

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.

Credits

France 1939: One Last Summer Cast

Name	Character
Valérie Loiseleux She was 19, now 24 years old
Emmanuel Carrère He was 61, now 66 years old
Axelle Ropert She was 47, now 52 years old

France 1939: One Last Summer Crew

Name	Department
Valérie Loiseleux as Editor. She was 19 (now 24) years old	Editing