The Greengage Summer

The Greengage Summer called The Loss of Innocence in the USA is a 1961 British drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Kenneth More and Susannah York in her first leading role. It was based on the novel Greengage Summer by Rumer Godden. Set in pernay, in the Champagne region of France, it is the story of the transition of a teenage girl into womanhood.

Joss Grey Susannah York, a 16yearold English girl, finds herself responsible for the care of her three younger siblings on a summer vacation in France when their mother is suddenly taken ill and rushed to the hospital. When they go to the Hotel Oeillets, proprietress Mademoiselle Zisi Danielle Darrieux does not want the responsibility of unchaperoned children, but her enigmatic English lover Eliot Kenneth More persuades her to accept them. As the days pass, she wishes she had stuck to her original answer she is increasingly jealous of the attention Eliot pays to the childrenespecially to Joss.Meanwhile, hotel employee Paul David Saire, becomes suspicious of Eliot, snoops in his room, and finds a pistol. Eliot catches Paul and gets Zisi to fire him, but Josss 13yearold sister Hester Jane Asher has taken a liking to Paul and begs Joss to get Eliot to reconsider, which he does. But later he becomes angry when shutterbug Hester takes his picture. Then he rushes out of a tour of caves where champagne is stored to avoid famous guest Monsieur Renard Raymond Grme, the best policeman in France. He also insists on turning away potential guests. ........

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