Set in France during the 1970s, this romantic drama directed by Catherine Corsini is a vibrant portrait of Second-wave feminism. After watching Blue is the Warmest Color (see below) while writing the screenplay for Summertime, Corsini decided to make changes to the film so that it would be a love story, but not a sexually explicit one. Ranked by French viewers and critics as the best romantic film of 2015, Summertime was a success in France and abroad. The movie stars Cécile de France, who plays a Parisian women’s rights activist, and Izia Higelin, whose character comes to Paris to seek liberation.īased on Julie Maroh’s popular graphic novel Le bleu est une couleur chaude, this film divided critics upon its release.